You cannot truly listen
to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
-- M.
Scott Peck |  |
“Communication
works for those who work at it.”
-- John Powell
"The
genius of communication is the ability to be both totally honest and totally kind
at the same time."
-- John Powell
The
most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.
Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A
loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned
words.
-- Rachel Naomi Remen
“To
effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way
we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication
with others.”
-- Anthony Robbins
“The
way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality
of our lives”
-- Anthony Robbins
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have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are
going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.
-- Eleanor
Roosevelt | 
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Feelings
of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated,
mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible -- the kind
of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
-- Virginia Satir
When
we have the courage to speak out – to break our silence – we inspire the rest
of the "moderates" in our communities to speak up and voice their views.
-- Sharon Schuster
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One
of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk
too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. I always
try to think before I talk.
-- Margaret
Chase Smith |
Give
me the gift of a listening heart.
-- King Solomon
"Make
a distinction between the person and their opinions—opinions are like clothes,
a matter of taste and fashion that can be changed at will. Don't mistake them
for the essential core."
- Mark Somner
“Deep
listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us
with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.”
-- Sue Patton Thoele
Precision
of communication is important, more important than ever, in our era of hair trigger
balances, when a false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a
sudden thoughtless act.
-- James Thurber
We
shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until
communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.
-- Harry S. Truman
If you
have nothing to say, say nothing.
-- Mark
Twain | 
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"The whole
purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to
depend upon the understanding of one man."
-- Woodrow
Wilson
The ear of the leader
must ring with the voices of the people.
-- Woodrow
Wilson |
“Think like a wise
man but communicate in the language of the people.”
-- William Butler Yeats
