Dialogue Quotes

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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anyting else at the same time. -- M. Scott Peck

“Communication works for those who work at it.”
-- John Powell

"The genius of communication is the ability to be both totally honest and totally kind at the same time."
-- John Powell

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
-- Rachel Naomi Remen

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
-- Anthony Robbins

“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives”
-- Anthony Robbins

We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
-- Virginia Satir

When we have the courage to speak out – to break our silence – we inspire the rest of the "moderates" in our communities to speak up and voice their views.
-- Sharon Schuster

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always try to think before I talk. -- Margaret Chase Smith

Give me the gift of a listening heart.
-- King Solomon

"Make a distinction between the person and their opinions—opinions are like clothes, a matter of taste and fashion that can be changed at will. Don't mistake them for the essential core."
- Mark Somner

“Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.”
-- Sue Patton Thoele

Precision of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
-- James Thurber

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
-- Harry S. Truman

If you have nothing to say, say nothing. -- Mark Twain

"The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man." -- Woodrow Wilson The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. -- Woodrow Wilson

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.”
-- William Butler Yeats

Dialogue Quotes

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