--- title: "10 Dialogue People Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Dialogue People quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Dialogue People sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/alex-gibney-7495_between_dialogue-between-people-of-differing-vie_1149658.jpg" --- > [Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-gibney/dialogue-between-people-of-differing-views-is-critical-for-fostering/) [Alex Gibney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-gibney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/alex-gibney-7495_between_dialogue-between-people-of-differing-vie_1149658.jpg) > [The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/the-security-of-faith-does-not-make-us-motionless-or-close-us-off-but/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/pope-francis-85_bears_the-security-of-faith-does-not-make-us-m_535191.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/david-bohm-4805_certainty_real-dialogue-is-where-two-or-more-peopl_2124193.jpg) > [Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/change-happens-by-listening-and-then-starting-a-dialogue-with-the/) [Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/jane-goodall-950_believe_change-happens-by-listening-and-then-sta_1349859.jpg) > [So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-markell/so-for-me-the-town-hall-meetings-are-really-an-opportunity-to-engage/) [Jack Markell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-markell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/jack-markell-44234_communication_so-for-me-the-town-hall-meetings-are-rea_644651.jpg) > [So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/june-jordan/so-poetry-becomes-a-means-for-useful-dialogue-between-people-who-are/) [June Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/june-jordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/june-jordan-5050_communication_so-poetry-becomes-a-means-for-useful-dia_1578336.png) > [“In the dialogue people should talk directly to one another, one to one, across the circle. Then the time would come, if…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/david-bohm-4805_communication_in-the-dialogue-people-should-talk-direc_2478292.jpg) > [“I read somewhere; while God still existed one sustained a dialogue with God, and now that He no longer exists one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imre-kert-sz/i-read-somewhere-while-god-still-existed-one-sustained-a-dialogue/) [Imre Kertész](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imre-kert-sz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/608/imre-kert-sz-20119_communication_i-read-somewhere-while-god-still-existed_1679447.jpg) > [This involves more than I can discuss here, but do it. Read the writers of great prose dialogue-people like Robert Stone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-fitch/this-involves-more-than-i-can-discuss-here-but-do-it-read-the-writers/) [Janet Fitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-fitch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/janet-fitch-717_communication_this-involves-more-than-i-can-discuss-he_1412481.jpg) > [When you practice positive inner dialogue, people will want to bond with you, help you, be near you. They want to share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/when-you-practice-positive-inner-dialogue-people-will-want-to-bond/) [Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/deepak-chopra-63_action_when-you-practice-positive-inner-dialogu_2755785.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dialogue-people/#itemlist", "name": "Dialogue People Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alex Gibney" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-gibney/dialogue-between-people-of-differing-views-is-critical-for-fostering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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