What can we learn from the ancients about contemporary communication challenges? Lots! By words the mind is winged. – Aristophanes, (450 BC – 388 BC) Greek playwright. An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. – Cato the Elder (234 BC -149 BC) Roman senator and historian. Words have a longer life than … Read more
Everything I know about communication I learned from the classic Greeks. ‘We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.’ Epictetus (AD 55 – 135), philosopher and teacher. ‘Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.‘ Plato (428 … Read more
Keep silent for the most part, speak only when you must, and then briefly. Epictetus (AD 55 – 135), Greek philosopher and teacher He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent. Cato the Elder (234 BC – 149 BC), Roman senator and historian Often silence is the wisest thing for a … Read more