Quotes About Listening

What a teacher doesn't say...is a telling part of what a student hears.

Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart.

We should not be speaking to, but with. That is second nature to any good teacher.

When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.

Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim.

The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.

Listen to advice from people who have been there and done that. It is so hard to believe that when you are young, but parents, mentors, teachers, they can all be so valuable when it comes to advice.

The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much.

And it was the first time that I believed the claim that you can help a person more by asking them the right question than by giving them the answer.

My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more.

Auntie Yang is not hard of hearing. She is hard of listening.

We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more.

She said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. And if I didn't listen to her, she said my ear would bend too easily to other people, all saying words that had no lasting meaning, because they came from the bottom of their hearts, where their own desires lived, a place where I could not belong.

How to obey parents and listen to your mother's mind. How not to show your own thoughts, to put your feelings behind your face so you can take advantage of hidden opportunities. Why easy things are not worth pursuing. How to know your own worth and polish it, never flashing it around like a cheap ring. Why Chinese thinking is best.

Americans don't really look at one another when talking. They talk to their reflections. They look at others or themselves only when they think nobody is watching. So they never see how they really look. They see themselves smiling without their mouth open, or turned to the side where they cannot see their faults.

We listened patiently to Lester, words skittering out of his mouth like cartoon dogs on fresh-waxed linoleum, frantically going nowhere.

My mother and I never really understood one another. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more.

What is the greatest need of human beings? What is it they seek from me always? Intimacy. I listen with all my being, I am completely interested. I seek momentarily a full communion of eyes, feelings, thoughts.

Toutes choses sont dites déjà ; mais comme personne n'écoute, il faut toujours recommencer.

Il faut de l'esprit pour bien parler, de l'intelligence suffit pour bien écouter.

The need of showing myself to be confident and perfectly at ease, precisely when I am least so. Talked much too much, as I am inclined to do after a period of solitude, losing self-control; for I was aware that I was talking too much, but could not check myself. In order to speak well, I need to feel that I am being listened to.

J'écoute si bien les oiseaux; je crois que je comprends tout ce qu'ils disent.

There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.

beach houses along short sandy streets. He can feel her bare forarm brushing his, and it's strange she's being so quiet. He glances down at her and she smiles up at him as if, in his silence, he's been telling a long story and she is simply listening to it.