quotes about communication

  

ERNEST HEMINGWAY :

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

RACHEL NAOMI REMEN:

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.
Ernest Hemingway and Rachel Naomi Remen have told us how important listening is to achieve effective communication. Unfortunately, most people nowadays think that it is only important to deliver their own message without acknowledging that communication is a two-way street. We have to learn how to listen before expecting to be heard because a world in which everybody speaks their mind without listening would be a chaos.
MARGARET CHASE SMITH:

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.

PLATO:

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

In my opinion Plato and Margaret Chase Smith are essentially talking about the same things... How many of us actually have something good to say most of the time? How many of us actually think before saying things? I believe that misunderstandings are often a result of us saying things without analyzing and thinking beforehand. We hurt people without realizing it, we say stupid things and create bad impressions about ourselves ...

John Powell:

 Communication works for those who work at it.
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