3,244 Quotes About Communication

I never forget that a book is not an end in itself. Just like a newspaper or a magazine, a book is a means of communication, which is why I try to grab the reader by the throat and not let go to the end. I don't always succeed, of course; readers tend to be elusive. Who is my reader?

If any language were to be understood, one would have to understand first the unutterable sound of silence in the human soul through empathy and compassion, for there is more to the silence of individual heart and mind than what has been tangibly spoken or acted out between people. (— Danny Castillones Sillada, The Unspoken Infinities of Silence)

When someone said to me, ‘How do you feel?’ or ‘What do you think?’ or asked another direct question, I would recite a poem, and somewhere in that poem would be the feeling, the vital piece of information. It might be a line. It might be an image. The poem was my response.

I didn't know it, but what I was really looking for was compassion. Not consciously of course. I didn't consciously want to become compassionate. Who in his right mind would give up his place at the center of the universe? Compassion is scary. If you open up too much to people, they have power over you and make you i things for them. Better to keep them at a distance ...

People don’t have anything but the communication with the things.

The only thing you have is communication.

People communicate to be understood.

They did feel it, yet neither spoke of it, for often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.

just how layered and complex plain speech could be, how many secrets wrapped in the banner of Sincerity