Earth Quote by J. G. Farrell

“Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if defending honour itself? What could be easier to change…

— J.G. Farrell

I see the necessity of sacrificing our opinions sometimes to the opinions of others for the sake of harmony.

— Thomas Jefferson

People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

— Edmund Burke

We tend to defend vigorously things that in our deepest hearts we are not quite certain about. If we are certain of something we…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Over the course of time this gave us a deep respect for ideas, both our own and those of others, and an understanding that…

— Robert B. Laughlin

The argument culture urges us to approach the world-and the people in it-in an adversarial frame of mind. It rests on the assumption that…

— Deborah Tannen

Every worldview has its ambiguities - debatable elements that people simply will not see to eye on. There's nothing wrong with that as long…

— Greg Koukl

Because, therefore, we are defending a way of life, we must be respectful of that way of life as we proceed to the solution…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

We must be ruthless with ideas, but gentle with people.

— Robert Sirico

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always…

— Deborah Tannen

“Its complicated, on one level. On another, its the same old stupid story - we aren't enlightened. We disagree, fall in love, and hate…

— Zachary Rawlins