Quotes About Dialogue

I never undertake to instruct the man who asks me questions.

Falam muito alto, rapidíssimo e todos ao mesmo tempo", queixou-se Adams. "Se fizerem uma pergunta, antes que seu interlocutor possa pronunciar três palavras em resposta, voltam à falação e sem previsão para acabar."25 A

Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.

Barbarians are all alike... sit up half the night to discuss anything a Roman says.

Here below the surface one studies the depths of TO BE, as manifest in AM, IS, and ARE. And if you don't hold up your end of the conversation I may very well snap you in two.

Só é possível confiar em alguém quando se acredita no diálogo com essa pessoa. (Miso soup, trad. Jefferson José Teixeira, ed. Cia. das Letras, 2005, p. 153)

Qual'è l'elemento principale dell'incontro? Il dialogo. Scopo del dialogo deve essere la reciproca comprensione e scopo della comprensione il reciproco avvicinamento. Comprensione e avvicinamento si raggiungono sulla via della conoscenza. Qual'è la conoscenza preliminare di questo processo, di quest'equazione? La volontà di conoscere, il rivolgersi all'altro, l'andargli incontro, l'attaccarci discorso.

If you can do that, if you can find exactly the place where the other is and begin there, you may perhaps have the luck to lead him to the place where you are. For to be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc. No, to be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner.

Cuando un hombre habla como un libro impreso, es aburrido escucharle, pero a menudo es muy útil hablar de este modo.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return

habit of calling each other 'Jim'. No darlings or honeys or babes for them. In his low American drawl and her bright English chirp they Jimmed the Old Year out. 'Hey, Jim?' 'Yes, Jim?' 'Happy New Year, Jim.' 'Happy New Year to you too, Jim.' 'I love you, Jim.' 'I love you too, Jim.' 1990 arrived with a smile in the company of Jim and Jim.

Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.

As human being, we live in a perpetual conversation between conversation and violence; what apart from fundamental willingness to be reasonable, can guarantee that we will keep talking to one another?

We can't say, Listen, you barbarians: These holy books of yours are filled with murderous nonsense. In the interest of getting you to behave like civilized human beings, we're going to redact them and give you back something that reads like Kahlil Gibran. There you go ... Don't you feel better now that you no longer hate homosexuals?" However, that's really what one should be able to do in any intellectual tradition in the twenty-first century.

Remaining open to the powers of conversation—to new evidence and better arguments—is not only essential for rationality. It is essential for love.

Nothing that a Christian and a Muslim can say to each other will render their beliefs mutually vulnerable to discourse, because the very tenets of their faith have immunized them against the power of conversation.

Never forget your dialogue with God, it is your strength.

I'm aware that dialogue isn't my strength. I use it as a device. I don't particularly like dialogue which is part of the problem.

President Trump also mentioned that under the right conditions, he is willing to engage in dialogue with North Korea.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Hoy, caballero, tenemos otros intereses; cada edad trae consigo los suyos; y como hoy nos entendemos hablando, como en otra época nos entendíamos sin hablar, hablemos, si os parece.

Herkes bir a??zdan konuÅŸmaya baÅŸlam??t?, kimse kar??s?ndakinin ona söylediÄŸi ÅŸeye yan?t vermeye çal??m?yor, sadece kendi düÅŸünceleriyle ilgileniyordu.

Hi ha paraules que tanquen una conversa com una porta de ferro.

since like every man burdened with thoughts of the past, he was occupied with seeking the thread of his own ideas in those of the speaker.