True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another… But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

When religious people take the stance that they don’t owe anyone that is hurting closure or answers then God is not winning. Conflict continues because of lack of communication, fear and indifference.

When you are standing in the middle of a storm you have two choices: Pray to God that it goes away. Or, start praying to God that he gives you the wisdom to figure out...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.

You don’t have to explain something you haven’t said.

Once you open your home to nursing, you essentially become the employer of a small staff, even if you aren’t signing the paychecks. As in any workplace, the staff needs to know the rules and...

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...

The turning point for effective communication is actually hearing what is being said, rather than hearing what you want to hear instead.

When I have too much information or too many choices, I often get confused.•When one wants to encourage another to learn what ”I know that you don’t know,” encourage them to engage in deep thought...

We have developed communications systems to permit man on earth to talk with man on the moon. Yet mother often cannot talk with daughter, father to son, black to white, labour with management or democracy...

Be a good listener. With rapt attention, let every communication or conversation you have with your mentor, friends or even strangers be well understood.

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don’t want to pull a muscle, so I stretch a lot. That’s why I’m constantly either rolling my eyes or yawning.

The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have two things to say; say first one, then the other,...

He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman’s manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.

The ultimate relationship is within thyself, knowing that all other relationships are a projection or a reflection of our ability or inability to love.

Want to play hangman? asks Theophile, and I ache to tell him that I have enough on my plate playing quadriplegic. But my communication system disqualifies repartee: the keenest rapier grows dull and falls flat...

Look for enterprises to explore the benefits of federating their communication networks.

All power lies in free expression.

This shows failures of communication at every level.

Remarkably, studies of visual perception have found that two-dimensional images projected onto the retina only achieve full dimensionality as a result of our perception: we infer the third dimension of depth. Sadly, though, as the...

It’s tough not being in the same building, just for communication purposes. The only time I get to see my players is at practice or games.

It’s as if every conversation with a woman was a test, and men always failed it, because they always lacked the key to the code and so they never quite understood what the conversation was...

I think Ben saw Nick coming out, and there was no communication. Nick thought he was going to pick it up. I think we got a little tentative and we didn’t even have a play.

Listening to our kids with an open heart & mind is the strongest way to build a relationship with them – especially when they’re wrong.

We’re the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, you know, a long time ago!

The point is that racism is the product of tribalism and ignorance and both are falling victim to communications and world-around literacy

I was not a great communicator, but I communicated great things.

All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is a minor miracle that they take place at all.

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. However, if it taught you to hold onto grudges, seek revenge, not forgive or show compassion, to categorize people as good...

Don’t assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding…

It’s not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.

Phones with numerical keypads worked best for dialing phone calls. Incidentally, phone calls tend to be the primary function of a phone. ‘Smartphones’ completely ignore these basic facts, resulting in some of the least intelligent...

Effective, true deep listening and honest dialogue is a gift a soul can choose to give. How easy or difficult that can be depends on the values you hold in your life.

When you feel good about the value you offer the organization, communicating and demonstrating your value to others is much easier.

Smile at people everywhere you go. Don’t just give them one of those half-smirk/head nod things. Raise your eyebrows, show those teeth, and chuckle while you smile. Next time you’re at the store, give a...

Effective Communication is a way to success

I love body language, because I can speak it without talking, without listening, and while my back is turned.

On a ship, knowing when to be silent is just as important as knowing when to speak.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

She looked so sexy with her sixteen cats that I just had to swipe right, but when she messaged me first quoting Monty Python, I knew it was Tinder love. Maybe on the first date...

An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters’ contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates unable to talk to each other in their...

To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.

Prayerful life; deeper communication with God.

How beautiful to touch another’s soul with a word, a gesture, a thought.

Their use will be limited to enterprise workers whose most-critical need is to maintain a constant communication capability in any environment.

Our words are often only vague, inadequate descriptions of our thoughts. Something gets lost in translation every time we try to express our thoughts in words. And when the other person hears our words, something...

Don’t let your teeth make you lose respect by permanently keeping them opened for the sake of being friendly.

I’m convinced over time, all voice communication will migrate to the Internet.