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> [Real dialogue is where two or more people become willing to suspend their certainty in each other's presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/real-dialogue-is-where-two-or-more-people-become-willing-to-suspend/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

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> [“In the dialogue people should talk directly to one another, one to one, across the circle. Then the time would come, if we got to know each other a bit and could trust each other, when you could speak very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/in-the-dialogue-people-should-talk-directly-to-one-another-one-to-one/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

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## More by David Bohm

> [It is proposed that a form of free dialogue may well be one of the most effective ways of investigating the crisis which faces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/it-is-proposed-that-a-form-of-free-dialogue-may-well-be-one-of-the/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [ The system \[of thought\] doesn't stay with the difficult problem that produces unpleasant feelings. It's conditioned somehow to move as fast as it can… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/the-system-of-thought-doesn-t-stay-with-the-difficult-problem-that/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [Space is not empty. It is full, a plenum as opposed to a vacuum, and is the ground for the existence of everything, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/space-is-not-empty-it-is-full-a-plenum-as-opposed-to-a-vacuum-and-is/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [“Science can now help us to understand ourselves in this way by giving factual information about brain structure and function, and how the mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/science-can-now-help-us-to-understand-ourselves-in-this-way-by-giving/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [...consciousness is a coherent whole, which is never static or complete, but which is in an unending process of movement and unfoldment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/consciousness-is-a-coherent-whole-which-is-never-static-or-complete/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [Suppose we were able to share meanings freely without a compulsive urge to impose our view or conform to those of others and without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/suppose-we-were-able-to-share-meanings-freely-without-a-compulsive/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [“If we all had to do a job together, we would likely find that each one of us would have different opinions and assumptions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/if-we-all-had-to-do-a-job-together-we-would-likely-find-that-each-one/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [So one begins to wonder what is going to happen to the human race. Technology keeps on advancing with greater and greater power, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/so-one-begins-to-wonder-what-is-going-to-happen-to-the-human-race/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [A new kind of mind thus beings to come into being which is based on the development of a common meaning that is constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/a-new-kind-of-mind-thus-beings-to-come-into-being-which-is-based-on/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [Ultimately, all moments are really one, therefore now is an eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/ultimately-all-moments-are-really-one-therefore-now-is-an-eternity/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [Another problem of fragmentation is that thought divides itself from feeling and from the body. Thought is said to be the mind; we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/another-problem-of-fragmentation-is-that-thought-divides-itself-from/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [The question of relevance comes before that of truth, because to ask whether a statement is true or false presupposes that it is relevant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/the-question-of-relevance-comes-before-that-of-truth-because-to-ask/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [In the long run, it is far more dangerous to adhere to illusion than to face what the actual fact is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/in-the-long-run-it-is-far-more-dangerous-to-adhere-to-illusion-than/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [ “\[T\]here is a universal flux that cannot be defined explicitly but which can be known only implicitly, as indicated by the explicitly definable forms… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/t-here-is-a-universal-flux-that-cannot-be-defined-explicitly-but/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

> [“Q: Isn't the employment of thought in the psychological sense synonymous with corruption? Bohm: Why do you say that? Q: Are there not only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/q-isn-t-the-employment-of-thought-in-the-psychological-sense/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

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