Fernando Pessoa Quotes

To be understood is to prostitute oneself

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?

My radar, after all these years of sanity, is still off when it comes to what people do or don't mean.

You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

There's no more usual basis of union than mutual misunderstanding.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper.

I'd tell you all you want and more, if the sounds I made could be what you hear

Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.

If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.