Communication
Romantic-love relationships are made or broken by the effectiveness
or ineffectiveness of communication. The essence of mutual self-disclosure
is communication. And no element of communication is more important to
romantic love than that of feelings and emotions.
--Dr. Nathaniel Branden
Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride.
Caring is real faint --like a heartbeat. And pure love -- why, some days
it's so quiet, you don't even know it's there.
--Erma Bombeck
The number one way a man can succeed in fulfilling a woman's primary
love needs is through communication. By learning to listen to a woman's
feelings, a man can effectively shower a woman with caring, understanding,
respect, devotion, validation, and reassurance.
--John Gray
For women, "I love you" is the sweetest phrase in the world. But not
every man who says it means it. On the other hand, some men may feel it
deeply, but still find it hard to say. There are several reasons these
words might stick in a man's throat. The first is that, quite commonly,
men have a difficult time expressing the emotions they feel most deeply.
Another reason is the words "I love you" might be interpreted as a marriage
proposal. So that nothing gets lost in the translation, men with this concern
will wait for the time in which they can back up their words with
a lifetime commitment.
--John Gray
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another
which both attracts and heals.
--J. Isham
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
--M. Scott Peck
The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say
something or bust.
--Josh Billings
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard
to sleep after.
--Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen.
Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is
our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to
connect than the most well-intentioned words.
--Rachel Naomi Remen
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy
and mutual valuing.
--Rollo May
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual
differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open,
and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing
family.
--Virginia Satir
Men and women belong to different species, and communication between
them is a science still in its infancy.
--Bill Cosby
When we communicate we hear, understand, and accept another person we
have elevated the other person from being just an anonymous person to being
a person of importance.
--Unknown
