One of my pet peeves is people misunderstanding me or others. You say A and they take it as Z, and you are misunderstood and they are upset at something you are not even thinking much less saying. So, these two quotes were fascinating to me.

"It's not the words themselves, but the thought you take of the words which creates..."

And Oswald.."Don't say, 'I must explain myself,'or 'I must get people to understand'. Jesus didn't explain anything--He left the misunderstandings or misconceptions of others to correct themselves. Pray as St. Augustine 'Oh God, deliver me from this lust of always vindicating myself.'"
Food for thought.