Posts Tagged ‘silence’

Opposites attack.

The evil eye is a road block, the listening ear a six-lane highway.

When two want the same want, both want.

The sword that wounds is not the scalpel that heals.

Conflict is normal; what makes it dangerous is hostility.

There is a cruel cut in apology’s harsh “but.”

A high motivation doesn’t justify a low blow.

Domination ends equality’s wins.

The volcano in your front yard wakes one day and drives you from your home, so too relationships morph.

What may never be resolved may still be forgiven.

Too much silence is like too many words — it buries you.

A quiet moment can calm a loud thought.

The offended must run from the melting core of the radiated past through the open door of the renewing future.

We apologize for the lesser to hide the greater.

A difficult in-law is not a problem to be solved but a person to be loved.

The four deadly horsemen of unresolved conflict are fear, hatred, dishonesty and silence.

The greater the dose the sicker the host.

Best, less.

Don’t speak a lot; go for the perfect bon mot.

What isn’t said lives in the head.

Verbal covers smoother others.

Deep currents run counter to the flow; we say one thing, the other direction go.

A knifing can’t be taken back; a verbal lashing leaves a track.

Compliment more; criticisms are winning.

Our experiences craft speeches we rarely give.

With every word sashay; the fun resides in what you say.

”Hi,” is inadequate; try “My-oh-my!”

Silence is a rich loam in which to grow a wise tome.

A cliche a day keeps reason away.

The young must learn to speak up, the old to shut up.

Generalizations gather; specifics tether.

Let there be conversation, continue creation.

Every wise word has a wise opposite.

Words stop tanks; tanks can’t stop words.

“I saw it with my own eyes,” is the beginning of a confusing explanation.