Reflection:
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
~ George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish Playwright
Many times in life I’ve regretted the things I’ve said without thinking. But I’ve never regretted the things I said nearly as much as the words I left unspoken.
~ Lisa Kleypas (1964- ), American Author
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
~ Robert Frost (1874-1963), American Poet
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of that fact.
~ George Eliot (1819-1880), English Novelist
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
~ Epictetus (50-135), Greek Stoic Philosopher
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can also hurt me.
Stones and sticks break only skin, while words are ghosts that haunt me.
Slant and curved the word-swords fall, it pierces and sticks inside me.
Bats and bricks may ache through bones, but words can mortify me.
Pain from words has left its scar, on mind and heart that’s tender.
Cuts and bruises have not healed, it’s words that I remember.
~ JJ Calkin, fictional author of poetry from Ruby Redfort Series