Unity without Uniformity

From the Deirdre of the Sorrows Tarot, the Knight of Swords; from the Victorian Flower Oracle, The Flower Ball:

There is a lot of energy and movement with this Knight of Swords, emphasizing both his fearlessness and recklessness in the area of ideas and communication. The left hand is sometimes seen symbolically as representing receptivity, yet this fellow holds wields his sword in this hand. That might suggest that he likes to forcefully deliver his opinions while refusing to listen to those of others. Yet the Flower Ball suggests there is a happy medium in intellectual conversations - discussion rather than debate. I've been in a theological book club for over a decade now; its main tenet is respect. I've learned that we can maintain unity without uniformity when dignity and consideration are upheld.