The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise.
Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.
The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss.
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I come into contast as a patient in the emergency room. I see a lot of gaping wounds and dazed expressions. Or, as Marianne Moore put it, "The world's an orphan's home." And this feels more true than almost anything else I know. But so many of us can be soothed by writing: think of how many times you have opened a book, read one line, and said, "Yes!" And I want to give people that feeling, too, of connection, communication.
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
True interactivity is not about clicking on icons or downloading files, it's about encouraging communication.
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them.