Quotes about Interaction

For me, preaching is not teaching. It is not about something I know well enough to pass on, but a means of suggesting and pointing to possibilities I have discovered in a text as it interacts with life itself.

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.

Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.' I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl's life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her... I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.

I never forget that a book is not an end in itself. Just like a newspaper or a magazine, a book is a means of communication, which is why I try to grab the reader by the throat and not let go to the end. I don't always succeed, of course; readers tend to be elusive. Who is my reader?

No man can have society upon his own terms.

If your lips would keep from slips five things observe with care: To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and where.

Nobody really likes to be lectured a lot. And, therefore, if you want to be an effective person, what you don't do is scold the person publicly all the time.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

I give people a space to simply sit in silence and communicate with me deeply but non-verbally.

Biasanya orang yang tahu sedikit akan berusaha menimbilkan kesan mereka tahu banyak hal. Orang seperti ini biasanya terlalu banyak bicara dan kurang mendengar.

You will write better letters, you will converse better, you will enjoy social intercourse better if you read helpful reading matter from books and read newspapers very sparingly.