“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”

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writer and Sufi teacher 1924–1996

Sarra Manning (1950) British writer

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“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Variant: The most important thing in communication is to hear what is not being said.

“[W]hen someone speaks we ought to get three things out of the message. First and least important (but still very important), we ought to get what is said. Second, and more important, we ought to have a spiritual experience. Third, and most important, we should keep the commitments we make to ourselves”

Henry D. Moyle (1889–1963) Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Paraphrased by w:Vaughn J. Featherstone in Food Storage http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=dfa0fd758096b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1| <br class="br">Paraphrased

“The most important things about the individual are what he cannot or will not say.”

Lawrence K. Frank (1890–1968) American cyberneticist

Source: Projective methods for the study of personality (1939), p. 395