Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

I've always thought I'd been pretty good with people, and I basically have spent a conflict-free life, you know?

I don't like upsetting people.

Some people consider the practice of love and compassion is only related to religious practice and if they are not interested in religion they neglect these inner values. But love and compassion are qualities that human beings require just to live together.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

When we talk to somebody and we want to be nice or polite or show our more beautiful side, we try to use the best words that we know. This is what poets are doing. They are cleaning the words, they are inventing the sentiments, they are giving us a way to communicate.

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

Decades of research have shown that most happy families communicate effectively. But talking doesn't mean simply 'talking through problems,' as important as that is. Talking also means telling a positive story about yourselves.

We spend our lives trying to get along with people so we can keep our jobs, keep our marriages together, so that we can raise our kids properly.

Good words cool more than cold water.

We all want to get along well with other people, and one way to do this is to help people feel good about themselves. If you make a person feel smart and insightful, that person will enjoy your company.

I really want to understand the mind so I can be more comfortable with the way people are. Being comfortable with people is incredibly important.

I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

Your relationship with your sister-in-law is hingeing on your brother's - or your sister-in-law's - ability to keep that relationship together.

I always say you can only change things from within. It's all about energy. If it's positive, then - even, like, somebody you don't like, saying hello to them one day just switches the conversation, and instead of being angry, I think it's good.

I get along with people very easily.

Later in life, I learnt that in order to deal with people, one has to be gentle and give them respect. That always works.

I just always believed that all comments are better face-to-face, whether they're derogatory or whether they're not.

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

I've never really had a problem with people.