Robert T. Oliver Quotes

Robert Tarbell Oliver was an American author, lecturer, and an authority on public speaking, argumentation and debate, and Asian rhetorical traditions. Wikipedia

✵ 7. July 1909 – 29. May 2000

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Robert T. Oliver Quotes

“Neither is it accidental that the Upanishads contain no internal evidence as to when, where or by whom they were composed. Their very thesis is that we dwell in the midst of a timeless eternity. With everything so indissolubly united that particular areas or places are of no concern. Who might be the author of an idea or a way of communicating it must be of no importance whatsoever, since truth is truth.”

Robert T. Oliver

Communication and Culture In Ancient India & China (1971)

Truth , Way , Communication , Idea

“Ancient Indians had a far deeper confidence in living speech than in the moral, impersonal and derivative written communication. When words issued from the mouth of a sayer, they carried a personal endorsement.”

Robert T. Oliver

Communication and Culture In Ancient India & China (1971)

Confidence , Communication , Personality

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