"Words are the source of misunderstandings."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Communication, Word, Misunderstanding, Observation

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"Don't use your words to criticize, condemn, or complain; us your words to appreciate, inspire, and empower."

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"The thing is that it could never again feel natural to talk to her."

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"Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!Do they ever achieve anything or do they just let a lot of hot air out of an already over inflated balloon?"

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"When we talk, we express our preconceived thoughts, when we listen, we learn and give birth to new thoughts."

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"They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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Alin Sav, Romanian Author

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"He sounded absolutely miserable. "Are you ever going to speak to me?"

Maggie Stiefvater, American Author

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"Don't use your words to criticize, condemn, or complain; us your words to appreciate, inspire, and empower."

"The thing is that it could never again feel natural to talk to her."

"Spoken words have power beyond measure."

"Our speech is poor interpretation of our perception."

"Meetings! Meetings! Meetings!Do they ever achieve anything or do they just let a lot of hot air out of an already over inflated balloon?"

"When we talk, we express our preconceived thoughts, when we listen, we learn and give birth to new thoughts."

"They had nothing in common but the English language, and tried by its help to express what neither of them understood."

"If you need only 10 minutes to speak about a topic that requires 60 minutes, then you are a good speaker. If you need 60 minutes to speak about a topic which requires only 10 minutes, then you are a Romanian preacher."

"He sounded absolutely miserable. "Are you ever going to speak to me?"

"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

Explore more quotes by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings."

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"Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are."

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"How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being."

"That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man."

"But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you."

"I may be a little like the grown-ups. I must have grown old."

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction."