Communication

"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment." - Benjamin Franklin ...

“Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” ― Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...

"What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement [of the adolescent] in the decision making." - Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine ...

“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”  ― Bryant H. McGill ...

"Stories happen to those who tell them." - Thucydides ...

"Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself." - James Stephens ...

"Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again." - André Gide ...

"There are no right answers to wrong questions." - Ursula K. Le Guin ...

"If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else." - Douglas Adams ...

“Sometimes one feels freer speaking to a stranger than to people one knows.  Why is that?”  . . . “Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are.” - Carlos Ruiz ...