Quotes About Listening

Soul grows in communion. Word by word, story by story, for better or worse, we build our world. From true conversation - speaking and listening - communication deepens into compassion and creates community.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

So my mother was one of the few people on the island who could hear foghorns at night and seagulls in the morning, and being responsible for so much listening made her a very quiet person.

I launched into my speech, it took me a few seconds to realize that the only one listening was max (the dog) but at least he had the good manners to stop chewing the toilet brush and pay attention.

After the blaze burns out, keep watching and wait to hear what the ashes are saying.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

You know what I do? I listen to other people, stumbling about with their half thoughts and half sentences and their clumsy feelings that they can't express—and it hurts me. So I go home and burnish it and polish it and weld it to a rhythmic frame, make the dull colors gleam, mute the garish artificiality to pastels, so it doesn't hurt anymore: that's my poem.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

We listened and looked sideways up!Fear at my heart, as at a cup,My lifeblood seemed to sip.

Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are magnetically drawn to them. They are most often very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. ... They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent.

People reveal as much by their silence as they do by what they say.

you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life-without flinching or whining-the stronger the daughter.

I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me.

Hujan mengenal baik pohon, jalan, dan selokan – swaranya bisa dibeda-bedakan; kau akan mendengarnya meski sudah kaututup pintu atau jendela. Meski pun sudah kaumatikan lampu. Hujan, yang tahu benar membeda-bedakan, telah jatuh di pohon, jalan, dan selokan – menyihirmu agar sama sekali tak sempat mengaduh waktu menangkap wahyu yang harus kau rahasiakan

It wasn't an unusual thing for her to keep her thoughts to herself. She had that Quaker habit. Quiet contemplation, she call[ed] it. I got to like it myself, listening to the world without making any noise to add to it.

A good doctor knows when to talk and when to listen. A lesson you have already learned, I see.

The best you can do is be honest with the people you love and hope that they'll care enough about you to listen.

Now while my lips are living Their words must stay unsaid, And will my soul remember To speak when I am dead? Yet if my soul remembered You would not heed it, dear, For now you must now listen, And then you could not hear.

Maybe people would be surprised to know that I listen to old Neil Diamond albums from time to time. The man rocks. I defy anyone to prove me wrong.

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about yourself.

I've always been a fan of music where you can hear new things each time you listen.

If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.