Quotes About Listening

Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well.

You've really got to listen and let them have their say. When they're done, ask, "What would you want?" or "What do you think would be the right thing to do?" When I was in my twenties, I had all the answers. Now that I'm in my eighties, I'm not so sure my answers are always right.

You must listen!" the tiny monster squeaked. She grabbed it as it made to climb onto the dashboard, and then she shook it fiercely. "No!" she bellowed. "You must listen!

that we be there to be spoken to than absent to be spoken about.

Some days, the pines upon my hills Speak nothing of their secret wills, But with an absent smile they say, "Dear, we can't talk to you today."

To recap, as you master 1) Listening to your words-to your outer talk-you are training your Self for taking the next step, which is; 2) Listening to and hearing what you are saying to your Self- your self-talk. You then discover the passageway to your 3) Thoughts. By recognizing your thoughts you can begin tracing them back to 4) Feelings, which initially triggered the thoughts in the first place.

Listen and hear how you really see your Self and life around you. Inasmuch as you are continually gathering information on what makes you tick and constantly discovering what you feel when you listen, your self-talk is one of your best guides for becoming better acquainted with you.

Life is filled with pain and beauty. It's a journey, a learning experience. You've always been a girl who has had to learn by doing, not by watching and listening--don't change that. Don't change that now--you're too young.

Well, that was embarrassing. There was nothing wrong with talking to the voices in my head--unless everyone else was listening in.

Many of the world's problems would be solved if people would just shut up and pass the cupcakes.

Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)

when the English say 'Oh really? How interesting!' they might well mean 'I don't believe a word of it, you lying toad'. Or they might not. They might just mean 'I'm bored and not really listening but trying to be polite'. Or they might be genuinely surprised and truly interested. You'll never know.

Psyche looked up eagerly. "Voice?" she said. "Is that you?

They let the silence stand then . . . not uneasily, just taking a moment to breathe in time, to listen to the noises around them. How pleasant, Jane thought, to be silent for a few moments. Normally noise overtook her life—normally she sought it, finding silence solitary and confining—suffocating. But how pleasant to be silent with someone.

This was a very parentish thing to say; parents didn't understand that teachers never listened to explanations.

don't care about your personal needs. They want to know what you can do to meet their needs. So don't make comments that reflect any urgent desires of your own—such

Story is revealed not in telling, but in listening.

A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

if a child waited to speak until all the grown-ups settled down and gave her some room to say her piece, the most important things would never get said.

There's more than one way to tell each other things, and there's more than one way to listen, too.

The gospel does not leave unchanged the person who does not listen and remains disobedient ... unbelief can lead only to progressive hardening of the heart.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.