Quotes About Dialogue

Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

There can never be deep peace between two spirits, never mutual respect, until, in their dialogue, each stands for the whole world.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Tolerance, inter-cultural dialogue and respect for diversity are more essential than ever in a world where peoples are becoming more and more closely interconnected.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

Taal verwoordt slechts de onmogelijkheid om je uit te drukken.

Yossi Klein Halevi

It seems like -- especially in religious circles and Christian circles, we want to first talk about the things we're opposed to. That means we have to categorize that person. We can call them emergent or neo orthodox or someone who feminizes scripture. There's the category, let's stick them in the category then just blow up the box and him along with it.

What more could I have done when I did not know that to love is both to seek and to be sought? For me love was nothing but a dialogue of little riddles, with no answers given.

What more could I have done when I did not know that to love is both to seek and to be sought? For me love was nothing but a dialogue of little riddles, with no answers given. As for my spirit of adoration, I never even imagined it to be a thing that required some sort of answer.

During the Agricultural Revolution humankind silenced animals and plants, and turned the animist grand opera into a dialogue between man and gods. During the Scientific Revolution humankind silenced the gods too.

A real 'clash of civilisations' is like the proverbial dialogue of the deaf. Nobody can grasp what the other is saying.

A real 'clash of civilisations' is like the proverbial dialogue of the deaf.

A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people, entice them into a world of beauty and horror, light and shadow, of passion, of romance, of mystery. That's the magic of it. Beyond that, of course, you can open a dialogue about the ideas which interest you, but first of all you absolutely must get inside people's minds.

We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.

Communists must listen attentively to the views of people outside the Party and let them have their say. If what they say is right, we ought to welcome it, and we should learn from their strong points; if it is wrong, we should let them finish what they are saying and then patiently explain things to them.

The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

Memorize a simple strategy: Don't jump to speak, ask questions and listen, watch your anger thermometer and keep the temperature down.

There is always a point of view in language, but we are apt to notice it only when it is not one we share.

In 2016, protesters at London's King's College disrupted a talk by Ami Ayalon, the former head of Shin Bet, Israel's version of our FBI. Students from a pro-Palestinian group chanted, threw chairs, smashed windows, and repeatedly set off the fire alarm in the room where Ayalon was speaking about the two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine situation, which is something he strongly supports.

Relationships are made of talk - and talk is for girls and women.

These are the signals that combine with what is said to make up the devices we use to show we're listening, interested, sympathetic, or teasing—and that we're the right sort of people.