Destruction Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev

It's important to discuss ideas but it's more important to surrender control and preconceptions.

— Judith Schaechter

If you let things devolve into a shouting match, then it's really difficult to have a discussion, a serious discussion.

— Brianna Keilar

We should always settle disputes through dialogue and cooperation, and should not resort to the use or threat of force on the slightest provocation.…

— Wu Bangguo

The more complex the world situation becomes, the more scientific and rational analysis you have to have, the less you can do with simple…

— Reinhold Niebuhr

“While it’s easier to avoid confrontations in the short run, the consequences of doing so can be massively destructive in the long term. It’s…

— Ray Dalio

Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it.

— Kaija Saariaho

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

— Edward de Bono

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

— Harri Holkeri

I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.

— Rafael Nadal

Just as the sharpening of iron is produced by tension, collision and heat, enduring ideas are created through intense debate and informed dialogue. But…

— Mike Johnson

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated…

— Charles Albert Gobat

I believe in discussing very thoroughly what should be the goal. When discussing it, I allow others to give their views.

— Arundhati Bhattacharya