"Egotists cannot converse, they talk to themselves only."

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Source : Amos Bronson Alcott (1872). “Concord Days”, p.76

Amos Bronson Alcott

#Conversation Quotes

“It hardly takes more than a day in Gaza to begin to appreciate what it must be like to try to survive in the worldâ€™s largest open-air prison.”
“I never go out, ever. And I think that's why I've been craving human connection so badly, and in a way, I'm excited to go on tour to be around people all the time.”
“I can write better than anyone who can write faster,”
“One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.”
“Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A talkative soul lacks both the essential virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of gentle peace and of that silence where the Lord dwells, is quite out of the question. A soul that has never tasted the sweetness of inner silence is a restless spirit which disturbs the silence of others.”
“Hold on to your dreams for they are, in a sense, the stuff of which reality is made. It is through our dreams that we maintain the possibility of a better, more meaningful life.”
“I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the viewers, like the distance that I get when I step back.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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