Quotations to remember and act on during life.

“Well timed silence has more eloquence than the most grandiloquent of speeches.”

I wanted to find the author of this and came up with a page full of such quotes.

http://www.quotegarden.com/speaking.html

Notice that most of the wise quotes related to keeping quiet rather than talking.

One of the most important ones which I learned from Zeeshan ul Hassan Usmani is

If you need to raise your voice then you have already lost the argument.

This is similar to the one I learned during childhood which is :

“Talk softly but carry a large stick.”

So in Human Operating System (HOS) this translates into the code as :

Procedure dealing_with_other_humans_opposing_you ;

begin

If you are in a weak position

then shut up and try to avoid the opposition's attacks quietly ;

If you are in a strong position

then talk softly ; { Since you have a large stick }

{ if you talk loudly then you could lose even if you could have easily won in less time }

If you are in an equal or similar position then

learn when to keep quite so you can present your case better to the observers and get into a stronger position.

End ;

Hopefully by following this procedure you (the human) shall be able to get better results.

Disclaimer : This procedure is not recommended for dealing with other forms of life. The results can be unpredictable or even disastrous.