Quotes About Communication

When we allow that the individual projects a definition of the situation when he appears before others, we must also see that the others, however passive their role may seem to be, will themselves effectively project a definition of the situation by virtue of their response to the individual and by virtue of any lines of action they initiate to him.

When it comes to love, it has to be face-to-face. There has to be contact. Love cannot exist where there is only distance. Love can survive distance, but only by the strength of what comes through intimacy.

Cuando Jesús preguntó a los hombres "¿Qué quieren que haga por ustedes?", no fue porque Jesús no lo supiera, sino porque necesitaba que ellos declararan lo que querían que Él hiciera por ellos.

Wisdom understands that it is less important to win a fight or a point than it is to win the person. Wisdom knows that you should never fight against people; you should fight for them.

Loose lips sink ships.

So much of teaching is sharing. Learning results in sharing, sharing results in change, change is learning. The only other job with so much sharing is parenting. That's probably why the two are so often confused.

So much of teaching is sharing. Learning results in sharing, sharing results in change, change is learning.

For the rest of the day I was glad I listened instead of yelled, but I still burned with shame at the thought of what I almost said and at all the occasions I have spoken harshly.

You're saying she doesn't do her work? So take care of your business! Fail her like a normal kid. The failure will be between me and my daughter, then. You won't like it if her failure is between me and you.

Todo libro ha de hacer pedazos el silencio.

Én meg szavakkal szeretném elmondani azt, amit szavakkal nehéz.

If you can't do, you had best shut up. He started to slam the door, thought better of it. If you can't do, you'd best not slam doors.

Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they'll know it too.

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

Occasionally I looked at Bea to see if she was running over those events like I was, the sound effects living their own life behind her eyes, but she gave nothing away.

In my work, I see couples who no longer wait for an invitation into their partner's interiority, but instead demand admittance, as if they are entitled to unrestricted access into the private thoughts of their loved ones

But when we reduce the conversation to simply passing judgment, we are left with no conversation at all.

Where there is nothing left to hide, there is nothing left to seek.

The smaller we feel in the world, the more we need to shine in the eyes of our partner.

The body often contains emotional truths that words can too easily gloss over.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. —Anaïs Nin

Is jealousy an expression of love or a sign of insecurity?

While much has been written about the aggressive manifestations of male sexuality, it is not sufficiently appreciated that the erotic realm also offers men a restorative experience for their more tender side. The body is our original mother tongue, and for a lot of men it remains the only language of closeness that hasn't been spoiled. Through sex, men can recapture the pure pleasure of connection without having to compress their hard-to-articulate needs into the prison of words.

Often, when one partner insists that they don't yet feel acknowledged, even as the one who hurt them insists they feel terrible, it is because the response is still more shame than guilt, and therefore self-focused.