Quotes about Dialogue

God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said.

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

By writing... in the language of his society, a poet takes a large step toward it. It is society's job to meet him halfway, that is, to open his book and read it.

Now no one is going to make you talk--possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals

Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. The sense of what they were saying became lost, and only the exercise remained. The exchange was conducted with the certainty of a measured hoedown and had the jerkiness of Monday's wash snapping in the wind—now cracking east, then west, with only the intent to whip the dampness out of the cloth.

She never had no comment.

Hear the other side.

God gave people 2 ears and 1 mouth because He wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.

It's important to have people who are absolutely willing to say you're wrong or who have a totally different perspective than you do on everything. Fresh ideas are hard to come by, and good ones are even harder.

I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.

Your truth will increase as you know listen to the truth of others

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.