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Quotes About Communication

I have often found it difficult to explain myself to myself, and I do not often try.
~ Ida Tarbell
It is not only a matter of not caring who knows - it is also a matter of knowing who cares.
~ Idries Shah
Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.
~ Idries Shah
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet Understanding Speak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding.
~ Idries Shah
Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.
~ Idries Shah
Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.
~ Idries Shah
No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.
~ Idries Shah
People carry on whole conversations in proverbs. But they are not LIVING the proverbs.
~ Idries Shah
A loan is the scissors of friendship. A man's own tongue may cut his throat. The cage has no value without the bird.
~ Idries Shah
Exaggeration is a standard peculiarity of man. To deprecate is often a form of exaggeration which people do not notice, because it appears to be its opposite.
~ Idries Shah
Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: 'Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue'.
~ Idries Shah
From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information.
~ Idries Shah
The answer to a fool is silence. (Proverb)
~ Idries Shah
As swords were designed to kill They did well to make them tongue-shaped. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)
~ Idries Shah
when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which should be more or less correct, as to what the other is supposed to believe and what he is expected to do as a consequence of that belief.
~ Idries Shah
Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves.
~ Idries Shah
The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows.
~ Idries Shah
SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN RUDBARI : Heart to heart is an essential means of passing on the secrets of the Path.
~ Idries Shah
LA RESPUESTA A UN TONTO El proverbio dice que "la respuesta a un tonto es el silencio": La observación, sin embargo, indica que prácticamente cualquier otra respuesta tendrá el mismo efecto a largo plazo.
~ Idries Shah
To send a kiss by messenger.
~ Idries Shah
Voz en la noche Anoche, una voz me susurró: "¡No existe tal cosa como una voz susurrando en la noche!
~ Idries Shah
Un préstamo es las tijeras de la amistad La lengua de un hombre puede cortar su garganta La jaula no tiene valor sin el pájaro.
~ Idries Shah
Ya que las espadas fueron diseñadas para matar, hicieron bien en hacerlas con forma de lengua.
~ Idries Shah