Quotes About Communication

Politeness is an inexpensive way to make friends.

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.

Friendship with the ignorant is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

...the highest sign of friendship is that of giving another the privilege of sharing your inner thought.

There is a side of friendship that develops better and stronger by correspondence than contact.... The absence of the flesh in writing perhaps brings souls nearer.

Sometimes the most hurtful thing is the silence of friends, not the words of enemies

Only friendship which can stand occasional plain speaking is worth having.

Friendships begin because, even without words, we understand how someone feels.

The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

Never underestimate the power of words to heal and reconcile relationships.

My father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.

Isn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book.

Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.

Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don't understand you at all.

When you're working with friends, unless the material is right, our friendship could end.

If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.

Wit is a dangerous talent in friendship.

In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.