Quotes About Dialogue

What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.

One of the biggest challenges for people involved in interfaith dialogue is to break down the stereotypes of the "other" that exist within their own religious traditions and groups. Religious groups need to first acknowledge and confess their own role in fostering and contributing to injustice and conflict. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 49)

Since the time of Justin, the dialogue between faith and reason, between faith and culture, has reflected two essential characteristics of the Christian intellectual heritage: (1) faith seeks understanding; and (2) intellectual inquiry invites a response of faith.

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There are two sides to every dialogue, but if you accept the other side's terms without demanding equal time for your own, then they control the debate and its outcome.

John. I would ask you what you are doing, but I fear you would actually tell me.

Ask me anything,

I wouldn't serve a God who wouldn't speak to me. George Foreman

the user story as the primary artifact for identifying system behaviors that deliver value to the customer. We implied that engaging a user in a dialogue about how they use the system, and what benefit they derive, is a straightforward process.

Yo no he dicho eso. Tiene usted el don de sacar el peor significado posible de mis palabras. Nicholas Brisbane

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Listening with the focus of actually understanding what the other person is trying to communicate is priceless, a talent that everyone possesses but not something that is practiced enough.

It's not important that we agree with each other, only that we understand each other.

Talk to people about what they want to hear, and they'll stay for more. Talk to them about what you want them to hear, and they'll soon turn away.

A philosopher's main task is to compulsively filibuster

Listening is more important than solutioning.

If you want to change your nation, you have to start a conversation.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

One of the habits that Dr. Stephen Covey discusses in his book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is, "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

Typical Counselee Remarks Typical Counselor Responses That May Be Used

La verdad surge de la discusión entre amigos. DAVID HUME

While the rest of the world fights, we'll argue. And argument gets you what you want more than fighting does.

Pretty agreeable of me, yes? The ancient Greeks gave a name to this kind of anticipatory concession, agreeing in advance to what the other person is likely to say: prolepsis, meaning