“Loneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself.”— C. G. Jung, amazon.com
“What matters is precisely this; the unspoken at the edge of the spoken.”— Virginia Woolf, goodreads.com
“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.”— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com
“I think communication starts when words are not present at all. I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important”— Marina Abramovic, theodysseyonline.com
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”— Hermann Hesse, amazon.com
“We'll FaceTime and she'll come down and visit me on set. There's times that a text is appropriate. Other times you need to talk on the phone. The problem with people texting all the time is that if you're texting somebody everything you're doing throughout the day, there's no catch up. It removes th…”— Miles Teller, elle.com
“People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them.”— Theodore Zeldin, amazon.com
“I might be confused sometimes in my head but it is not something you need to talk about. Before you can talk you have to line it all up in order and I had rather just let it swirl around until I am too tired to think.”— Kaye Gibbons, amazon.com
“And everyone knows that what we say isn't always communicated properly. Like any form of art, it takes practice. But the more you practice seeing it from other people's points of view, the better you'll get at communication. And this doesn't just stop at verbal communication. With our paintings and…”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“Practice thinking about things from other points of view. If there are multiple people you're communicating with, like a boss and a client and a friend, you have to make sure that the message you intend on sending to all of them is the actual message that they're receiving. A lot of times we have to…”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“Communication and the art of conversation - many times that can be the difference between doing a good job or not. If you don't ask the right questions or aren't clear in articulating your thoughts, you might not know what's expected of you or unable to build strong relationships with other people l…”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“For example, a lot of people say that because of the internet and how we absorb media now, our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter. How much time we spent on the internet, typing or texting have made our communication with each other less and less.”— Bobby Chiu, youtube.com
“The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.”— Deborah Tannen, amazon.com
“Because when something happens, she’s the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts.”— Robert Fulghum, amazon.com