Communicate Quote by Wilfred Bion

“It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought.”

Wilfred Bion

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We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.

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The purest form of listening is to listen without memory or desire.

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A good leader makes a good follower.

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The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death.

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