Quote by Robert Quillen

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge an argument an exchan

Summary

This quote suggests that discussion and argumentation are different in their ultimate purpose and outcome. It implies that discussions are based on an exchange between individuals, where knowledge is shared, ideas are explored, and understanding is fostered. On the other hand, arguments are seen as exchanges of ignorance since they often involve individuals defending their own opinions with limited understanding. The quote highlights the importance of engaging in productive discussions that aim to expand knowledge rather than engaging in futile arguments that contribute to ignorance.

Topics

Anger

By Robert Quillen

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, v

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

Charles Eastman

Religion

Christianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable a

Christianity claims that the supernatural is as reasonable as the natural, that man himself is supernatural as truly as he is natural, and that the Bible is so clearly the word of God by proofs that are unanswerable, that it is unreasonable to disbelieve its divine truths.

Abbott Eliot Kittredge

Truth Man Proof

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame

Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.

War

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

Failure

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiske

Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.

Religion

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.

Women

But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be

But I don't think that it's a form of family that I would be comfortable in. I've found a way to this character and this family, but I still believe that a marriage is between two people and not seven or three.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

Marriage

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head i

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.

Let your dreams outgrow the shoes of your expectations.

Ryunosuke Satoro

Dreams

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give uttera

Let us rise in the moral power of womanhood; and give utterance to the voice of outraged mercy, and insulted justice, and eternal truth, and mighty love and holy freedom.

Maria Weston Chapman

Women

I understand why creative people like dark, but American aud

I understand why creative people like dark, but American audiences don't like dark. They like story. They do not respond to nervous breakdowns and unhappy episodes that lead nowhere. They like their characters to be a part of the action. They like strength, not weakness, a chance to work out any dilemma.

Strength

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mi

The average man votes below himself; he votes with half a mind or a hundredth part of one. A man ought to vote with the whole of himself, as he worships or gets married. A man ought to vote with his head and heart, his soul and stomach, his eye for faces and his ear for music; also (when sufficiently provoked) with his hands and feet. If he has ever seen a fine sunset, the crimson color of it should creep into his vote. The question is not so much whether only a minority of the electorate votes. The point is that only a minority of the voter votes.

G. K. Chesterton

Voting