Quotes About Dialogue

I think that it is one of the most refined joys of this world to interchange thoughts, feelings, and impressions." Nikolay Gogol, The Diary of a Madman

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God ' and the almond tree blossomed.

Literature is humanity talking to itself.

If the general shape and structure of the story is prescribed in advance, then—this is our second critical principle—all the literary merits of the story, the wit in the dialogue, the liveliness of the characterization, and the like, are a technical tour de force. They illustrate the author's rhetorical skill in working within his conventions.

Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily. "Well, by all means, use them. You're certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.

I don't think there has been enough communication between the players and the tournaments. In one sense it's just as much the players' fault. Players talk between each other and in the locker room about things that can be improved and then when the time comes to talk and really do something about it they stop.

Así, aceptar la falibilidad del conocimiento, confrontarse con la duda, convivir con el error no significa abrazar el irracionalismo y la arbitrariedad. Significa, por el contrario, en nombre del pluralismo, ejercitar el derecho a la crítica y sentir la necesidad de dialogar también con quien lucha por valores diferentes de los nuestros.

You know the kind of shit men say to one another when they want to stop other men from listening to a woman.

The best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

For the best conversations are with yourself. At least there's no risk of a misunderstanding.

Historie ?ycia nie s? tematem do dyskusji. Powinno si? ich wys?ucha? i zrewan?owa? si? tym samym.

It's hard work talking to some people, most often males.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

People on the left are always asking me how I get people not on the left to talk to me and I always think it's such an odd question, because the assumption is that there must be some magic trick involved. The trick is I don't lie about my intentions or my thinking, which I consider basic respect I'd pay to anybody in any context, and in return people tend to offer me the basic respect of talking to me like a human being.

Ask questions from your heart and you will be answered from the heart.

There is a very interesting dialogue between master and disciple illustrating this difference between samadhi and attachment in Denshu Roku57 written by the Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher, O Yomei (Wang Yang-ming). His disciple Riko-cho (Lu Ch'eng) once him about the meaning of the merit of primal oneness. In my opinion, this term generally alludes to samadhi.

Man's command of the language is most important. Next to kissing, it's the most exciting form of communication. – Oren Arnold

The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?

So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to. —C. S. Lewis

This book focuses on a narrower issue and a simple problem: We have lost the art of Christian persuasion and we must recover it.

We are not children; we might exchange empty theories until we're out of breath and merely end up adhering all the more stubbornly to our respective views

Achieving world peace, or peace on Earth requires a strong emphasis on knowledge, openness, freedom of information and dialogue.

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.