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 | "It is often asserted that discussion is only possible between people
who have a common language and accept common basic assumptions. I think
that this is a mistake. All that is needed is a readiness to learn from
one"s partner in the discussion, which includes a genuine wish to
understand what he intends to say. If this readiness is there, the
discussion wrighteous stupidityill be the more fruitful the more the
partner"s backgrounds differ." | |
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Found in the topic Discussion.
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| "Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from
the claims of men who suffer here and now. Our fellow men have a claim to
our help; no generation must be sacrificed for the sake of future
generations." | |
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Found in the topic Allow.
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| "The belief in a political Utopia is especially dangerous. This is
possibly connected with the fact that the search for a better world, like
the investigation of our environment, is (if I am correct) one of the
oldest and most important of all the instincts." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion
of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the
genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of
hell." | |
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Found in the topic Intentions.
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| "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you
their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either
lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either
case is a failure of leadership." | |
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Found in the topic Confidence.
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