Quotes About Dialogue

Wisdom leads us to dialogues with the past. It doesn't lead us back to the past.

Wait a minute, I'm thinking, was this another one of those conversations where what is meant and what is being said are not the same thing?

This relationship among author, text, and reader is known in the literary trade as

It sounds so trite but in relationships, you have to communicate.

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”

Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to say.” So Laban said, “Please speak.”

“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?” “We are from Haran,” they answered.

“Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor?” Jacob asked. “We know him,” they replied.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

When Pharaoh summons you and asks, ëWhat is your occupation?í

When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israelís clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.

“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”

Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

“Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

Then Saul recognized Davidís voice and asked, “Is that your voice, David my son?” “It is my voice, my lord and king,” David said.

And Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel?” “It is,” Asahel replied.

Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.