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"What does syadvad (speech that does not hurt the ego of any living being) speech say? Speak in such a way that 5 people benefit from it and that it does not interfere [conflict] with anyone."
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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."
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"Whatever one does in this world, he does it out of compulsion; so it is indeed our lack of understanding when we scold someone for what they do. If you scold him, he will do it even more. (Instead) You should explain to him with love. All diseases will disappear with love. You will get pure love either from the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] or his followers!"

"To have contrary [negative, wrong] intellect has become an odd rule in this current era, hasn't it? The one who proceeds with caution will win."

"He whose speech, behavior and humility captivates people's minds, becomes worthy of worship by people."

"We live here for five to fifty years (in this world, in the relative) and we are searching for beautiful houses there, while where we have to live permanently (moksha; in the Real, Self), there is no work being done for it; and no one is even inquiring about that (place). The world is baseless/disorderly. 'Do something for here and do something for there'. We are not saying not to do anything for here. Do both. Don't you have two hands?"

"Nothing will be attained from actions of hundreds of thousands of lives. Moksha (liberation) is attained through 'absolute humility' (param vinaya). The 'gates of understanding' are opened with 'absolute humility'. 'Absolute humility' arises only when the ego is dissolved."

"What grave liability one incurs when one calls a virtuous woman, a whore! It will ruin his countless lives to come. There is no liability if one calls a whore a virtuous woman!"

"What is the nature of human beings? When someone does something wrong to them, they will go after him [to punish, to fight]."
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