Quotes About Dialogue

The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.

The most important thing in human relationship is conversation.but people don't talk anymore,they don't sit down to talk and listen.They go to theatre,the cinema,watch television,listen to the radio,read books but they almost never talk.(pg114)

Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.

Seek out those who think differently from you and whom you will never be able to convince that you are right.

Wait patiently for the right moment to act. Do not let the next opportunity slip. Take pride in your scars. Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle. Often this will lead them to seek dialogue and avoid conflict. Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them.

She said, 'The most important thing in all human relationships is conversation, but people don't talk anymore, they don't sit down to talk and listen. They go to the theater, the cinema, watch television, listen to the radio, read books, but they almost never talk. If we want to change the world, we have to go back to a time when warriors would gather around a fire and tell stories.

I'm not saying: Seek out people who think the same as you. I'm saying: Seek out those who think differently from you and whom you will never be able to convince that you are right.

When we're with other people and they say nothing, the situation becomes irritating.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

The person who knows only his side of the argument knows little of that.

Liberals want Conservatives to shut up. Conservatives want Liberals to keep talking. Because our arguments make sense and theirs don't

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]

The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

It is difficult to be emphatic when no one is emphatic on the other side.

Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument

Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade.

I like plays where people talk a lot. Conversation is sustained. Argument is sustained.

I never saw an instance of one or two disputants convincing the other by argument.