"In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better."

-- Cynthia Ozick

#Communication Quotes #Yelling Quotes #Speech Quotes

“God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.”

Source : "The Complete Cynic".
“Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.”
“I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.”
“If possible, leave room for your enemy to become your friend.”
“People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality.”
“You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.”
“A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.”

Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1993). “Frankenstein”, p.44, Wordsworth Editions
“I don't need to apologize for my behavior you need to apologize for not understanding.”

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