Patrick Suquet

“when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.”
― Austin Kleon, Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

“Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” He was so right. When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them, “I understand that you have a culture and identity that exists beyond me. I see you as a human being.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood