Behavior Quote by Dada Bhagwan

“When does the foundation for speech which accepts all viewpoints and does not hurt anyone's viewpoint (syadvaad vani) arise? It is when the ego…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.”

— Thomas Mann

“Where there is syadvaad (that which is accepting of all viewpoints and acceptable by all), there is no debate (vaad), no controversy (vivaad) and…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Speech is a spell, and words, once ejected into the air, warp the weave of worlds.”

— Ho Tzu Nyen

“Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose…

— David Malouf

“Talks about the Self (Atma) and absolute Self (Parmatma) have no strain of worldly interactions in them. The Lord (Mahavira) has referred to that…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Therefore we will not listen to the source itself in order to learn what it is or what it means, but rather to the…

— Jacques Derrida

Dialogue cannot exist, however, in the absence of a profound love for the world and its people.

— Paulo Freire

“One can carry out the vyavahaar (the relative; worldly interactions) only to the extent of one's intrinsic nature.”

— Dada Bhagwan

“this dialogue cannot be reduced to the act of one person’s “depositing” ideas in another, nor can it become a simple exchange of ideas…

— Paulo Freire

“We imagine always when we speak that it is our own ears, our own mind, that are listening. The truth which one puts into…

— Marcel Proust

“We can never fully understand the hearts and minds of people . . . unless we can speak directly to them in their own…

— Alan Rabinowitz