Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

The way to go from discord to harmony is to go from concentrating on differences to concentrating on similarities.

I absolutely think that it's possible for us to find common ground.

When people are divided, the only solution is agreement.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.

We must reject the easy impulses of bitterness and rancor and embrace the difficult work, but the important work, the vital work of finding a path forward together.

By nature, I am a unifier. I am a builder of consensus. I don't believe in sloppy compromise. But I do believe in bringing people together.

The more reasons for people to be willing to put their differences aside, the better.

Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.

All sides must learn to respect one another.

Why can't we all just get along?

At every moment of our lives we should be trying to find out, not in what we differ with other people, but in what we agree with them.

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

Can we all get along?

The Bible says that two cannot walk together unless they are agreed.

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions.

We aren't going to agree on everything and there will be other areas where we will be working together.

The main purpose of dialogue is to come to an agreement on how the two parties can work together, realize their mutual interests, and avoid conflict as much as possible

Now the question is, how can we make our two peoples, both of whom love peace, come closer together.

Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.