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a2cca46 You can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue. affection communication heartwarming human-connections human-nature humanism humanity inspirational inspirational-life inspirational-love inspirational-quotes relationships C. JoyBell C.
4fc7e41 Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we don't listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we don't listen with the intent to reply. We listen for what's behind the words. action actions communication curiosity honest inspiration inspirational inspirational-quotes integrity integrity-quotes leadership life life-quotes listen listening optimism optimistic positive positive-affirmation positive-life positive-thinking speak speaking Roy T. Bennett
5f34825 I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. communication inspirational philosophy Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
0d91d94 Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone. communication fear friendship inspirational trauma trust Fred Rogers
122c537 We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought. cognition communication community senses sociality speech thought Oliver Sacks
cc6c26d How it is that animals understand things I do not know, but it is certain that they do understand. Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. Perhaps there is a soul hidden in everything and it can always speak, without even making a sound, to another soul. communication frances-hodgson-burnett language little-princess soul words Frances Hodgson Burnett
64fd5b7 "What exactly did you find in Atlanta?" Frank unzipped his backpack and started bringing out souvenirs. "Some peach preserves. A couple of T-shirts. A snow globe. And, um, these not-really-Chinese handcuffs." Annabeth forced herself to stay calm. "How about you start from the top--of the story, not the backpack." communication frank-zhang jason-grace percy-jackson-and-the-olympians the-heroes-of-olympus the-mark-of-athena Rick Riordan
5f5f1f4 It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence. art clarity communication writing Robert A. Heinlein
d045f5a If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish. call calling communication daine hearing magic Tamora Pierce
be283cb When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing. communication honesty influence Paulo Coelho
8592071 Art is communication. communication Madeleine L'Engle
751929d "How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language." communication connection language love romance Bell Hooks
474864a "Now, 75 years [after ], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. communication computers critical-thinking modern-life reading superficiality vacuity Harper Lee
47e616d Compromise, communicate, and never go to bed angry - the three pieces of advice gifted and regifted to all newlyweds. anger communicate communication compromise divorce heartbreak loss love marriage marriage-advice newlyweds Gillian Flynn
9f23bfb Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. communication wisdom Neil Gaiman
a77ab7e ...my father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days, weeks, at a time, making the air humid, hard to breathe, my father stalking around with his lower jaw jutting out, giving him the look of a wounded, vengeful boxer, grinding his teeth so loud you could hear it across the room ... I'm sure he told himself: 'I never hit her'. I'm sure because of this technicality he never saw himself as an abuser. But he turned our family life into an endless road trip with bad directions and a rage-clenched driver, a vacation that never got a chance to be fun. abusive abusive-parents anger broken-home childhood childhood-memories communication divorce emotional-abuse family father fight fighting fights fury heartbreak heartbroken love love-lost malice mental-abuse mother parenthood parents parents-and-children rage scared sexism silence terror Gillian Flynn
303df68 Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love's path is communication. communication honesty love relationship Bell Hooks
7874c2a Art is partly communication, but only partly. The rest is discovery. communication discovery William Golding
a123a38 There are no commitments, only bargains. And they have to be made again every day. You think making a commitment is it. Finish. You think it sets like a concrete platform and it'll take any strain you want to put on it. You're committed. You don't have to prove anything. In fact you can afford a little neglect, indulge in a little bit of sarcasm here and there, isolate yourself when you want to. Underneath it's concrete for life. I'm a cow in some ways, but you're an idiot. communication relationships Tom Stoppard
97f44f6 I think maybe, when I was very young, I witnessed a chaste cheek kiss between the two when it was impossible to avoid. Christmas, birthdays. Dry lips. On their best married days, their communications were entirely transactional: 'We're out of milk again.' (I'll get some today.) 'I need this ironed properly.' (I'll do that today.) 'How hard is it to buy milk?' (Silence.) 'You forgot to call the plumber.' (Sigh.) 'Goddammit, put on your coat, right now, and go out and get some goddamn milk. Now.' These messages and orders brought to you by my father, a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. abusive abusive-relationship abusive-relationships bad-parenting broken-home childhood childhood-memories communication depression divorce family father fight fighting fights heartbreak love love-lost mother parenthood parents parents-and-children relationship sexism silence Gillian Flynn
35e400b What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. communication death longing unsaid-words T.S. Eliot
5c3d34e "The Internet," [Judy] Singer said, "is a prosthetic device for people who can't socialize without it." For anyone challenged by language and social rules, a communication system that does not operate in real time is a godsend." communication internet Andrew Solomon
4e0de7b Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them. communication love speech Laura Esquivel
be0c072 "Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, "No thanks," "Not interested," or even "Fuck off, creep." assault assaults behavior catcalling communication culture disrespect feminism gender gender-roles harassment men-and-women men-s-behavior misogynist misogyny not-listening personal-autonomy personal-experience personal-experiences personal-space predators predatory-behavior problems-in-the-world problems-of-today problems-with-men problems-with-society rape rape-culture rapists saying-no sexism sexual-abuse sexual-assault sexual-violence sexuality street-harassment survivors verbal-abuse victims women women-and-men women-s-experiences women-s-issues women-s-rights Jon Krakauer
a68e113 If she died as a result of this journey, it wouldn't be because of slavers. It would be because Richard's inability to communicate would give her a heart attack. communication richard Ilona Andrews
f842eb9 Getting in touch with the lovelessness within and letting that lovelessness speak its pain is one way to begin again on love's journey. In relationships, whether heterosexual or homosexual, the partner who is hurting often finds that their mate is unwilling to 'hear' the pain. Women often tell me that they feel emotionally beaten down when their partners refuse to listen or talk. When women communicate from a place of pain, it is often characterized as 'nagging.' Sometimes women hear repeatedly that their partners are 'sick of listening to this shit.' Both cases undermine self-esteem. Those of us who were wounded in childhood often were shamed and humiliated when we expressed hurt. It is emotionally devastating when the partners we have chosen will not listen. Usually, partners who are unable to respond compassionately when hearing us speak our pain, whether they understand it or not, are unable to listen because that expressed hurt triggers their own feelings of powerlessness and helplessness. Many men never want to feel helpless or vulnerable. They will, at times, choose to silence a partner with violence rather than witness emotional vulnerability. When a couple can identify this dynamic, they can work on the issue of caring, listening to each other's pain by engaging in short conversations at appropriate times (i.e., it's useless to try and speak your pain to someone who is bone weary, irritable, reoccupied, etc.). Setting a time when both individuals come together to engage in compassionate listening enhances communication and connection. When we are committed to doing the work of love we listen even when it hurts. communication emotional-abuse listening listening-skills listening-to-others love love-quotes pain relationships vulnerability vulnerability-quotes vulnerable bell hooks
1cd4d09 Mind thinks in images but, to communicate with another, must transform image into thought and then thought into language. That march, from image to thought to language, is treacherous. Casualties occur: the rich, fleecy texture of image, its extraordinary plasticity and flexibility, its private nostalgic emotional hues - all are lost when image is crammed into language. communication language Irvin D. Yalom
abc0cff What makes people good communicators is, in essence, an ability not to be fazed by the more problematic or offbeat aspects of their own characters. They can contemplate their anger, their sexuality, and their unpopular, awkward, or unfashionable opinions without losing confidence or collapsing into self-disgust. They can speak clearly because they have managed to develop a priceless sense of their own acceptability. They like themselves well enough to believe that they are worthy of, and can win, the goodwill of others if only they have the wherewithal to present themselves with the right degree of patience and imagination. As children, these good communicators must have been blessed with caregivers who knew how to love their charges without demanding that every last thing about them be agreeable and perfect. Such parents would have been able to live with the idea that their offspring might sometimes--for a while, at least--be odd, violent, angry, mean, peculiar, or sad, and yet still deserve a place within the circle of familial love. children communication communicators family parenting parents self-acceptance self-knowledge Alain de Botton
7f467d0 I've always admired people who give accurate directions, and the tribe is small. communication directions discipleshiphim hospitality Pat Conroy
4b7ee97 If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art. artists communication Neil Gaiman
4d03ab2 The constant vigilance and my heightened anxiety that I'd screw it up anyway exhausted me, but I persevered. communication observation perseverance relationships social-anxiety Tracey Garvis Graves
6cd9a00 We have the best chance of communicating our thoughts if we are sincere and speak from the heart, without hidden intent. communication truth truthful wu-wei Wu Wei
4e1a7d9 Whether it's trying to convince others that something is more true, more virtuous, or more desirable--all communication is rhetoric in action. communication rhetoric Leonard Koren
45d3ba3 In science fiction, telepaths often communicate across language barriers, since thoughts are considered to be universal. However, this might not be true. Emotions and feelings may well be nonverbal and universal, so that one could telepathically send them to anyone, but rational thinking is so closely tied to language that it is very unlikely that complex thoughts could be sent across language barriers. Words will still be sent telepathically in their original language. communication language telepathy Michio Kaku
d3d19f1 Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships. communication honesty openness relationships stewardship transparency wealth Randy Alcorn
d5e3315 Photographs do not translate from appearances. They quote from them. communication photography John Berger
d51a3f6 "All canonical writing possesses the quality "of making you feel strangeness at home." communication continuity familiarity innovation variety Harold Bloom
806ae42 "Do you wish to speak in Provencal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid." "Any will do," the rabbi replied in Provencal. "Splendid. Latin it is," said Pope Clement." communication conceit languages mockery papal-authority pope Iain Pears
92bb07f It was hard for me to come up with something on the fly, which is why I preferred, if at all possible, not to say anything at all for fear it wasn't the right thing. communication mental-health social-anxiety Tracey Garvis Graves
16f0b08 He sat down in his chair by the fire and began to chat, as was his habit before he and his wife parted to dress for dinner. When he was out during the day he often looked forward to these chats, and made notes of things he would like to tell his Mary. During her day, which was given to feminine duties and pleasures, she frequently did the same thing. Between seven and eight in the evening they had delightful conversational opportunities. He picked up her book and glanced it over, he asked her a few questions and answered a few... communication courtesy faithfulness husband love marriage regard respect wife Frances Hodgson Burnett
b7378e7 The inventor knows HOW to borrow. communication evangelism heritage innovation legacy Harold Bloom
feae4ac "One journalist complemented another that his article on a dispute, "had made both sides see themselves as they are." communication objectivity writing Doris Kearns Goodwin
378488e Everything interested him and everything excited him. communication curiosity education leadership Barbara W. Tuchman
841aca3 The work of art is, after all, an act of faith in our ability to communicate symbolically. communication Ralph Ellison
98ae524 Having and authentic voice means that: - We can openly share competence as well as problems and vulnerability. - We can warm things up and calm them down. - We can listen and ask questions that allow us to truly know the other person and to gather information about anything that may affect us. - We can say what we think and feel, state differences, and allow the other person to do the same. - We can define our values, convictions, principles, and priorities, and do our best to act in accordance with them. - We can define what we feel entitled to in a relationship, and we can clarify the limits of what we will tolerate or accept in another's behavior. - We can leave (meaning that we can financially and emotionally support ourselves), if necessary. clarity communication convictions differences relationship values vulnerable Harriet Lerner Ph.D.
b6d1563 In the midst of the ubiquitous dealings with prostituted signs, the thing-poem was capable of opening up the prospect of returning to credible experiences of meaning. It did this by tying language to the gold standard of what things themselves communicate. Where randomness is disabled, authority should shine forth. being communication poetry randomness rilke thing-poem Peter Sloterdijk
dec1e91 "Connecting to the outernet was less of a shock this time, as the monitor gave him a sense of distance from it, but it was still annoying. How did these people live with such a system, stalked by advertisements and "free" offers and icons that would take you to another site, unasked-for, the moment you gave them your attention? It was like wending your way through an obstacle course. Perhaps after a while you just learned to tune it all out... or perhaps you could buy programs that did it for you. He would have to design himself one of those before he did any more real work on the outernet, though he suspected that the consumer programs which were stalking him were capable of adapting to anything he could turn out quickly. Advertising: the ultimate predator. He longed for the simplicity of the Gueran network, which simply did what it was supposed to and no more. When had these people lost touch with the fact that the purpose of a network was to facilitate communication, not impede it?" communication cyberpunk internet marketing C.S. Friedman
375d906 The writer does want to be published; the painter urgently hopes that someone will see the finished canvas (van Gogh was denied the satisfaction of having his work bought and appreciated during his lifetime; no wonder the pain was more than he could bear); the composer needs his music to be heard. Art is communication, and if there is no communication it is as though the work has been stillborn. communication Madeleine L'Engle
9ce0aac "(LBJ) had what a journalist calls "a genius for analogy"-- made the point unforgettably, in dialect, in the rhythmic cadences of a great storyteller. Master of the senate" communication Robert A. Caro
1f64229 Mind thinks in images but, to communicate with another, must transform image into thought and then thought into language. That march, from image to thought to language, is treacherous. Casualties occur: the rich, fleecy texture of image, its extraordinary plasticity and flexibility, its private nostalgic emotional hues - all are lost when image in crammed into language. communication language Irvin D. Yalom
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