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humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#effective-communication #humor #ignorance #knowledge #wisdom

Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

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You don't need a big pen to write a tall story ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

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One says the things which one feels the need to say, and which the other will not understand: one speaks for oneself alone. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discourse #interpersonal-communication #love #philosophy #wisdom

When it comes to words Mamma says, "If they are not good, then maybe they should not be said. ↗

— Annette Bridges

#inspirational #words-of-wisdom #words-to-live-by #communication

Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what's a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak. ↗

— Andy Andrews

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Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ↗

— Nate Silver

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Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears. ↗

— Brian Tracy

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Be like the date that grows sweeter and sweeter , even though the soil that nourishes it is rocky and harsh ↗

— Anita Amirrezvani

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