“Some say, ‘Everything!’ Others say, ‘Nothing!’ Nietzsche said, ‘He is dead!’ Atheists say, ‘He doesn’t exist at all!’ Perhaps the question should be posed in a different way: not, what does God do, but rather what does He do with us? I tried to find Him on the cross of Christians, but He wasn’t there. … Read more
“If they see a just and deserving person, everyone immediately falls silent, stops and pricks up their ears. And he guides souls with words and brings peace to their hearts. Virgil, Aeneid. Demosthenes. The first requirement that communication experts set for achieving quality communication is learning to speak as the foundation of every communication and … Read more
During the 5th and 4th centuries BC, rhetoric, or the art of beautiful and correct speaking, was considered one of the important civic skills in Athens, and Isocrates was renowned as one of the greatest orators of classical Greece. His principles became the foundation of education in most European schools until the 18th century. Isocrates … Read more
“I know you still observe the abode and dwelling of humans. If it seems small to you, as it indeed is, always look at the celestial and despise the human: for what fame and glory can one hope to achieve among people? (…) Who in the far east or west, north or south will hear … Read more
What is as pleasant to know and hear as a speech adorned and refined with wise thoughts and significant words? Or as powerful and magnificent as when one speech changes the movement of the people, the restraint of the judges, the dignity of the Senate? Marcus Tullius Cicero, in his works, has left us valuable … Read more
