Quotes About Dialogue

Now I realized that not infrequently books speak of books: it is as if they spoke among themselves. In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more disturbing to me. It was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, an imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treasure of secrets emanated by many minds, surviving the death of those who had produced them or had been their conveyors.

Often books speak of books.

Não pertenço àquela laia de maus escritores que dizem escrever apenas para si mesmos. As únicas coisas que os autores escrevem para si próprios são listas de compras, que os ajudam a lembrar-se do que precisam adquirir, e podem ser descartadas. Tudo o mais, incluindo o rol de roupas para lavar, são mensagens endereçadas a outrem. Não são monólogos, mas diálogos.

We cannot initiate a dialogue between different cultures on identical class problems if we do not first resolve the problem of the symbolic superstructures through which different civilizations represent to themselves the same political and social problems.

Comoquiera que fuese, su pesimismo natural, su difícil ajuste de cuentas con el pasado, se habían paliado en el diálogo con una memoria mineral, objetiva, obediente, irresponsable, transistorizada, tan humanamente inhumana que era capaz de aliviarle su habitual malestar existencial.

La cultura è un'alternanza continua tra la libera presa di parola e la critica di questa presa di parola.

Çok önemi var, çünkü biz burada, kitaplar aras?nda, kitaplarla birlikte, kitaplara göre yaÅŸayan insanlar aras?nda ne olduÄŸunu anlamaya çal???yoruz; bu nedenle onlar?n kitaplar üstüne söyledikleri sözler de önemlidir.

In the light of this reflection, the library seemed all the more disturbing to me. It was then the place of a long, centuries-old murmuring, an imperceptible dialogue between one parchment and another, a living thing, a receptacle of powers not to be ruled by a human mind, a treasure of secrets emanated by many minds, surviving the death of those who had produced them or had been their conveyors.

Whereas before he had waited for me to ask questions, now it was he who put up little ideas, little debating points, as though he wanted to get a discussion going.

No. It's no the same. The interviewers want you to say what they want to hear. I want to hear what you have to say.

No," I said. "You're not a Yankee imperialist?" she prodded. "Certainly not," I told her. "I come from Ireland." "Holland," she said, frowning. "No

Throughout the years, I have observed that participants who voluntarily become involved in unofficial dialogues with the enemy are seen to some degree as traitors by those in their own community who are against all communication with the enemy. These participants may also experience shame for talking with the enemy, which is intensified if and when the enemy carries out some violent act while the talks are going on.

At unofficial dialogue meetings, especially at the outset, the competition to list grievances seems involuntary and occurs according to the principle of the egoism of victimization:196 there is no empathy for the other side's losses and injuries.

To speak out aloud when alone is as it were to have a dialogue with the divinity which is within.

D'une complexion farouche et bavarde, ayant le désir de ne voir personne et le besoin de parler à quelqu'un, il se tirait d'affaire en se parlant à lui-même. Quiconque a vécu solitaire sait à quel point le monologue est dans la nature. La parole intérieure démange. Haranguer l'espace est un exutoire. Parler tout haut et tout seul, cela fait l'effet d'un dialogue avec le dieu qu'on a en soit.

To speak out aloud when alone is as it were to have a dialogue with the divinity which is within. It was, as is well known, a custom of Socrates; he declaimed to himself. Luther did the same.

Americans. They didn't listen.

The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.

We have eaten theology with you, will you now eat theology with us?

So the holy elders," I added, "claim that the best strategy to cope with troublesome logismoi is simply to ignore them." "Precisely. Our first defense against destructive logismoi is complete indifference. This is the healthiest and most productive method to head them off right at their inception. Ignore them completely. Never open up a dialogue with these intruders. Do not interact with them either out of curiosity or out of overconfidence.

Too often in corporate life people want to give a presentation rather than engage in a real conversation. At the extreme this means "Death by PowerPoint.

The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself.

We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.

As with many American conversations, the words he spoke had not conveyed what he had intended by them. He could never decide if it was his English, his actual use of language, or if it was because people didn't really listen and instead put into the words they heard the words they expected to hear.