One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature, for these too may have a valuable lesson to teach us, and even the smallest ant may wish to communicate with man.

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About Black Elk

Portrait of Black Elk

Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people. He was a second cousin of the war leader Crazy Horse and fought with him in the Battle of...

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We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

—Jenny Han in It’s Not Summer Without You

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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

—George Bernard Shaw

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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

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Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.

—H. L. Mencken

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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.