A Quote by David Bohm

If each one of us can give full attention to what is actually ‘blocking’ communication while he is also attending properly to the content of what is communicated, then we may be able to create something new between us, something of very great significance for bringing to an end the at present insoluble problems of the individual and of society.

David Bohm

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David Bohm
American - Scientist
December 20, 1917 - October 27, 1992

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