489 Quotes About Debate

I don't often agree with me either; there's much, in fact, with which I disagree. But that's probably because I'm so dashed ingenious that I haven't a clue what I'm saying.

Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such (spasmodic) actings last long, how much less can a man!

It is fear that reinforces the walls we build, people are afraid to be swayed from their convictions, afraid to question their moral instincts and expose themselves to ideas that may challenge the fabric of their entire existence, but what are we if we are not seeking to better ourselves?

You know what I'd love to read? A Dialogue between Bron and Shevek and Socrates. Socrates would love it too. I bet he wanted people who argued. You can tell he did, you can tell that's what he loved really, at least in The Symposium.

Just because they write something In this fontAnd break apart their linesTo rhymeTo dramatizeTo imitateDoesn’t make what they say true.And quotations marksDon’t make sentences “life conclusions.” A post, a page,A billboard, or a wallpaper—Let it swirl for a fewand if you want to spit it out,V omit.If you want to keep it,Let it ride shotgun.But argue with it first.Debate.Don’t simply accept itBecause you mayBy accidentAccept a monsterDisguisedAs a poem.

Just because they write something In this fontAnd break apart their linesTo rhymeTo dramatizeTo imitateDoesn’t make what they say true.And quotations marksDon’t make sentences “life conclusions.” A post, a page,A billboard, or a wallpaper—Let it swirl for a fewand if you want to spit it out,Vomit.If you want to keep it,Let it ride shotgun.But argue with it first.Debate.Don’t simply accept itBecause you mayBy accidentAccept a monsterDisguisedAs a poem.

Responsibility makes you act and debate makes you blame each other.

At the end of the day, dipping into the attack well of body-shaming, racism, misogyny, and ableism is just lazy. When people resort to these kinds of tactics, I simply think that they have lost the ability to debate the merits and content of a position. Instead, they want to play to the bot-fueled, troll-fed, worst of who humans can be.

Tolerance. In all my years of debating politics and religion no mind was changed with derision and no thought convicted by way of harshness. You have no right to demand tolerance while deriding others and their beliefs in the process. Want tolerance? Extend it. You’ll be surprised because given it, people will actually listen.