Arguing with a fool

Arguing with a fool only proves that there are two.

~Unknown

Our bodies

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically,
if we are willing to listen.

~Shakti Gawain

If you do not

If you do not tell the truth about yourself
you cannot tell it about other people.

~ Virginia Woolf

The bitterest tears

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

~Harriet Beecher Stowe

When we speak

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed.
But when we are silent, we are still afraid.
So it is better to speak.

~ Audre Lorde

Rudeness

"Rudeness is an epidemic."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

You will not persuade me

"You will not persuade me with appeals to my intellectual vanity."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

People will say

"People will say we're in love."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

People don't

"People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

When we talk

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti

Never miss

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

~Will Rogers

Color is

“Color is the language of the poets. It is astonishingly lovely. To speak it is a privilege.”

Keith Crown

Always

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

~Lewis Carroll

When I use a word

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'

~Lewis Carroll

In the End

In the End,
we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.

~Martin Luther King

Communication

Communication is to a relationship
what breathing is to living.

~Virginia Satir

It's more fun

“It's more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words, but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'”

- Winnie-The-Pooh

You must understand

You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.

~Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings

Be silent.

Be silent. Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm.

~Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

It's talking

It's talking, Merry. The tree is talking.

~Pippin, The Lord of the Rings