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e38d28d Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it. truth inspirational disagreement Maimonides
7c6d3c7 He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. thoughts dispute ice disagreement debate heat Friedrich Nietzsche
3031a71 "People often silence themselves, or "agree to disagree" without fully exploring the actual nature of the disagreement, for the sake of protecting a relationship and maintaining connection. But when we avoid certain conversations, and never fully learn how the other person feels about all of the issues, we sometimes end up making assumptions that not only perpetuate but deepen misunderstandings, and that can generate resentment." understanding courage disagreement conflict vulnerability Brené Brown
e0f708f Do you know, the only people I can have a conversation with are the Jews? At least when they quote scripture at you they are not merely repeating something some priest has babbled in their ear. They have the great merit of disagreeing with nearly everything I say. In fact, they disagree with almost everything they say themselves. And most importantly, they don't think that shouting strengthens their argument. faith religion blind-faith discussion judaism doctrine disagreement shouting freedom-of-thought independent-thought jews Iain Pears
a16e68e What America is, to me, is a guy doesn't want to buy, you let him not buy, you respect his not buying. A guy has a crazy notion different from your crazy notion, you pat him on the back and say, Hey pal, nice crazy notion, let's go have a beer. America, to me, should be shouting all the time, a bunch of shouting voices, most of them wrong, some of them nuts, but please, not just one droning glamorous reasonable voice. america buying craziness purchasing disagreement difference americans George Saunders
d7b0caf So each one of you agrees to disagree with whatever the other one agrees with, but if you both disagree with the same thing, aren't you really in agreement? agree-to-disagree agreement disagree milo the-mathematician the-phantom-tollbooth epic disagreement logic Norton Juster
0495200 Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another! mankind hopes future faith imagination religion dreams illusions disagreement vain-hopes ignorance H. Rider Haggard
82a629c "I think you are wise. You haven't got what it takes for this job. You are like Rosemary's father. He couldn't understand Lenin's dictum: 'Away with softness.'" I thought of Hercule Poirot's words. "I'm content," I said, "to be human...." We sat there in silence, each of use convinced that the other's point of view was wrong." human disagreement lenin Agatha Christie
3635920 Disagreement, however, is not anger. difference-of-opinion disagreement Roxane Gay