Kenny Stills Quotes

When I am contradicted it arouses my attention, not my wrath. I move toward the man who contradicts me: he is instructing me. The cause of truth ought to be common to both of us.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

I listen. I meet with everybody, I don't care what their political persuasion is - whether it be a labor union or small-business folks or individuals who have problems. But I meet with everybody and listen.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.

When people realize they're being heard, and have a seat at the table, things seem to work out.

I'm always for constructive conversation, meaningful conversation, not just words, but conversation.

We must have real debates where disagreements exist, listen to each other, not shy away from ideas different from our own and treat people with respect.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.

Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.

'The Conversation' will hopefully touch on issues that will move people to want to strengthen communication and look to each other for solutions.

Just listening and going back and forth and exchanging ideas with people. It's a beautiful thing. This is what's really important.

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

We can learn from everybody.

You don't tell people who disagree with you they'd be better off somewhere else. And you don't reduce them to stereotypes; you address them as fully formed people worthy of respect. You try to persuade them.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

It's better for me to go up against someone's passion with my passion and then clarifying something that he wrote. Then I know how to work around certain things.