Quotes About Dialogue

The Morgans always seemed to be having a second conversation—an unheard dialogue right next to the one they spoke aloud.

The only way to know God, the only way to know the other, is to listen. Listening is reaching out into that unknown other self, surmounting your walls and theirs; listening is the beginning of understanding, the first exercise of love. None of us listen enough, do we, dear? We only listen to a fraction of what people say. It's a wonderfully useful thing to do. You almost always hear something you didn't expect.

Traditionally, Indians did not carry on dialogues when discussing important matters. Rather, each person listened attentively until his or her turn came to speak, and then he or she rose and spoke without interruption about the heart of the matter under consideration.

Phryne read a detective story, frequently going back because she suddenly found herself reading a conversation between two characters she had not met before—

People who are skilled at dialogue do their best to make it safe for everyone to add their meaning to the shared pool--even ideas that at first glance appear controversial, wrong, or at odds with their own beliefs. Now, obviously they don't agree with every idea; they simply do their best to ensure that all ideas find their way into the open.

It's the most talented, not the least talented, who are continually trying to improve their dialogue skills. As is often the case, the rich get richer.

At the core of every successful conversation lies the free flow of relevant information.

One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them. —DEAN RUSK

When it comes to risky, controversial, and emotional conversations, skilled people find a way to get all relevant information (from themselves and others) out into the open.

Listening well is a superpower. While listening to someone you love keep asking them "Is there more?" until there is no more.

How to Get Your Teenager Talking Shut up. Don't ask, "How was your day?" Say calmly in response to a shocking statement, "Hmm. Tell me more about that." Eliminate the word why.

The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death and everyone talks in monologue.

And elliptically, they talked about their work. They

You know what appeals to me about philosophy? Nobody wins.

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.

I want you to notice that right now, this instant, we are having a conversation. It's really not hard, now, is it? Think you we can carry this on for the rest of the day? (Callie)

Sakaki: "...Why can't we just talk it over...?" Tomo: "You can't talk to cats.

It had also become harder to discuss this with his colleagues. All too often Sammy's speeches about the importance of good neighborhoods and schools were met only with dismissive comments. It was self-evident, it was written on every wall, they seemed to say,

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

If you have a problem and you can't find a solution, you meet again tomorrow and you keep talking until you find a solution. You can disagree with behavior or a particular position, but you do not resort to calling an opponent worthless.

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.

Kita memasuki abad ideologi yang berakar pada keimanan, yang berseberangan dengan kebudayaan ilmiah yang dialogis dan rasional," kata Kauffmann. Di tengah dua arus yang menguat ini, mereka yang berpaham moderat didorong untuk berpihak ke salah satu kubu. "Moderate faith is being squeezed by both secularism and fundamentalism," tulisnya.

I've come to understand the cumulative dialogue of my work as a kind of cartography of wisdom about our emerging world. This book is a map in words to important territory we all are on now together. It's a collection of pointers that treat the margins as seriously as the noisy center. For change has always happened in the margins, across human history, and it's happening there now. Seismic shifts in common life, as in geophysical reality, begin in spaces and cracks.