Two years of learning to speak, a lifetime of learning to shut up

It took us two years to learn to speak, but it took sixty years to learn to shut up. Most of the time, the more we speak, the farther away we are from each other, the more contradictions we have. In communication, most people are always eager to express themselves, but they do not understand each other at all. Two years of learning to speak, a lifetime of learning to shut up. Understand and do not understand, not much. Quiet heart, slow to say. If you don’t have any words, don’t say it.

By Ernest Miller Hemingway

我们花了两年学会说话，却要花上六十年来学会闭嘴。大多数时候，我们说得越多，彼此的距离却越远，矛盾也越多。在沟通中，大多数人总是急于表达自己，一吐为快，却一点也不懂对方。两年学说话，一生学闭嘴。懂与不懂，不多说。心乱心静，慢慢说。若真没话，就别说。

对于最近发生的事，我觉得这段话能给我们一些启示。