Quotes About Listening

One must not be afraid of a little silence. Some find silence awkward or oppressive, but a relaxed approach to dialogue will include the welcoming of some silence. It is often a devastating question to ask oneself-but it is sometimes important to ask it"In saying what I have in mind will I really improve on the silence?

probably would not have listened. Prince

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.

I could hear something so I realized, of course, what he was trying to tell me was first of all, don't be judgmental of anybody else, just listen and pay attention and look for the beauty. And then when you find the beauty, study that and don't bother with the rest of it.53

It was too important a matter, this talking to people, and listening to them, to do it lightly or often.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm here and I'm listening; and there is still joy in this world.

Be the most polite person that you know. • Be honest to a fault. • Deeply commit yourself to being a world-class listener. • Send handwritten thank you notes on a regular basis. • Seek out opportunities to do random acts of kindness.

Life does not listen to your logic; it goes on its own way, undisturbed. You have to listen to life; life will not listen to your logic, it does not bother about your logic. —Osho

And always be more interested in other people than being concerned with coming off as an interesting person. Every human being you meet has a lesson to teach, a story to tell and some dream in their heart that longs for your support.

We have two ears and one mouth for a reason: to listen twice as much as we speak.

We only hear what we're ready to hear

cumplir sus promesas, escuchar atentamente, ser siempre compasivos, y por último aunque tal vez sea lo más importante, decir la verdad.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional excellence. Leaders listen.

deja de escuchar con intención de contestar. Lo que debes hacer es escuchar con intención de comprender.

me estás diciendo que yo debo practicar el ritual 2, liderar con el corazón, cumpliendo mis promesas y convirtiéndome en un oyente agresivo?

If you are speaking and the person you are having a conversation with has not said something within the past sixty seconds, there is a good chance you have lost her and it's time to stop talking so much.

There is something special about being in the presence of a person who is genuinely humble. Practicing humility shows that you respect others and reminds us that there is so much for us yet to learn. It sends a signal to those around you that you are open to receiving the gift of their knowledge and listening to what they have to say. The more you are as a person, the less you need to prove yourself to others.

life gives you what you ask of it. It is always listening.

Solo oímos lo que estamos preparados para oír

Paso días y días en reuniones estériles con personas que solo desean escuchar el sonido de su propia voz.

Just as you can pick out the voice of a loved one in the tumult of a noisy room, or spot your child's smile in a sea of faces, intimate connection allows recognition in an all-too-often anonymous world. This sense of connection arises from a special kind of discrimination, a search image that comes from a long time spent looking and listening. Intimacy gives us a different way of seeing, when visual acuity is not enough.

Shut up! I say, holding my hands to my ears. Shut up! But the stupid gummy won't shut up; he's trying to tell me something important even though I'm covering my ears and I don't want to hear it and I don't want to think about who I am or what's wrong with me or why I'm out here at the edge of the Urb, at the edge of the known world, listening to some old mope who's so crazy, he think about the future when everyone knows that the future doesn't exist.

You could hear a mouse fart.