Quotes About Listening

The message of listening to and wrestling with God] is conveyed in a series of passages whose meaning does not lie on the surface of the text, but discloses itself only to those who listen to what is going on beneath the words: the unspoken cry, the implicit appeal, the unheard tears, the unarticulated pain. Those who wish to learn to listen to God must learn to listen to other people – to the kol demama daka, "the still, small voice" of those who need our love.

In a previous essay, I pointed to the strange fact that biblical Judaism, a religion of 613 commands, contains no word that means "obey." Instead, it uses the word shema, which means, to hear, to listen, to attend, to understand, to internalise, and to respond.

In Judaism faith is a form of listening – to the song creation sings to its Creator, and to the message history delivers to those who strive to understand it. That is what Moses says time and again in Deuteronomy: Stop looking; listen. Stop speaking; listen.

Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable." —David Augsburger

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Porque poder decir: «es duro», «no es justo», «estoy harto», sin temer que el interlocutor se sienta culpable, poder decirlo con la seguridad –son palabras de Étienne– de que el otro oiga lo que dices tal como lo dices, ni más ni menos, de que no proyecte nada sobre ello, es una alegría y un alivio inmensos.

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

Todos los hombres que no tienen nada importante que decir hablan a gritos

A diferencia de Díaz, que los citaba (a los indígenas) en Palacio Nacional, Cárdenas había acudido personalmente a sus poblados, comía y dormía con ellos, tomaba nota, gestionaba soluciones concretas y sobre todo escuchaba, siempre escuchaba

A la gente le gustaba ser escuchada con reverencia

Hay cuervos, pero nadie ha oído sus graznidos.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one mouth so we may listen more and talk the less.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

half of the German population listened to foreign radio broadcasts at some point, but many only after the fall of Stalingrad.

Father has good reasons on his side, since few people can afford to go through life listening to the birds sing, and the sooner the little boy starts his "education" the better.

Hay guía para cada uno de nosotros, y al oír lo bajito oiremos la palabra correcta.

Music became a healer for me, and I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

Watching him, I understood for the first time how you could really live music, how you could listen to it completely and make it come alive, so that it was part of your life.

We just got together onstage and played and then went our separate ways. In the end this was the undoing of the music. I think if we had been able to listen to each other, and care for one another more, then Cream might have had a chance of further life, but at that point it was beyond our grasp as individuals. We were immature and incapable of putting aside our differences. Maybe, too, a little rest now and then might have helped.

He listened to everyone but his heart kept asking why.

I tell you here what I have seen, what I have heard, what I have lived. I choose not to be silent, and you can choose to open your ears, and eyes, or close them. Maybe this story is not for you. We can agree that we each see the world differently, and each have a contribution to the larger story, and believe we have things to learn from each other.