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
‘We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.’ – Abigail Adams, (1744 – 1818), American, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. ‘Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thought on the unthinking.’ – John Fletcher, (1579 … Read more
Our 19th century American literary giants really understood the power of communication. We can still learn a lot from them. ‘Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall’. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809 – 1894, poet, lecturer and author. ‘Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, … Read more