"The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another."

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Source : M. Scott Peck (2010). “The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

M. Scott Peck

#Wall Quotes #Communication Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.”
“We believe what we see.â€™...What do you do when youâ€™re in the dark?”
“[...]my memory is reasonably goodâ€”unlike yours, dear sir!â€ â€œMine is erratic,â€ he said imperturbably. â€œI remember only what interests me.”
“It's depressing when you're still around and your albums are out of print.”
“So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school.”
“You have to make mistakes to find out who you arenâ€™t.”
“The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom.”

Source : "A Sermon for the West". Oriana Fallaci's address to an audience at the American Enterprise Institute, October 22, 2002.
“Any classification according to a singular identity polarizes people in a particular way, but if we take note of the fact that we have many different identities - related not just to religion but also to language, occupation and business, politics, class and poverty, and many others - we can see that the polarization of one can be resisted by a fuller picture. So knowledge and understanding are extremely important to fight against singular polarization.”

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