"Good words are better than bad strokes...." - Quote by William Shakespeare
Good words are better than bad strokes.
More by William Shakespeare
“A lover goes toward his beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy leaving his books, but when he leaves his girlfriend, he feels as miserable as the schoolboy on his way to school. (Act 2, scene 2)”
“There is Throats to be cut, and Works to be done.”
“So get the start of the majestic worldAnd bear the palm alone.”
More on Communication
“The written word has this advantage, that it lasts and can await the time when it is allowed to take effect.”
“Fie, fie, how frantically I square my talk!”
“Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?”
More on Conflict
“And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.”
“If you identify with a mental position, then if you are wrong, your mind-based sense of self is seriously threatened with annihilation. So you as the ego cannot afford to be wrong. To be wrong is to die. Wars have been fought over this, and countless relationships have broken down.”
“When truth kills truth, O devilish holy fray!”