If you say to someone who has ears to hear: 'What you are doing to me is not just,' you may touch and awaken at its source the spirit of attention and love. But it is not the same with words like, 'I have the right...' or 'you have no right to...' They evoke a latent war and awaken the spirit of contention. [p.63]
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Even gentle words can be misinterpreted if the listener is defensive.
Rights are always asserted in a tone of contention; and when this tone is adopted, it must rely upon force in the background, or else it will be laughed at. [p…
If a young girl is being forced into a brothel she will not talk about her rights. In such a situation the word would sound ludicrously inadequate. [p.63]
A modern factory reaches perhaps almost the limit of horror. Everybody in it is constantly harassed and kept on edge by the interference of extraneous wills wh…
Do not judge your fellow man until you have come into his situation.
Communication is - start by understanding - your own understanding about people. Even though you want them to understand you, you know, it is - unless you unde…
Yeah, Silent Bob, you're a rude motherfucker, you know that? But you're cute as hell. I could go down on you, suck you, line up three other guys and make like …