Quotes About Listening

Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening.

If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.

A person is wise if he listens to millions of advice and doesn't implement any of it.

A man of virtue, judgment, and prudence speaks not until there is silence.

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.

Knowledge is speaking, wisdom is listening

Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.

Listening causes me to find the existence of truth behind the veil.

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

If I could turn down the noise of my own will and choiceI could hear the truth of my life in a clear voice. I will bow down my head to the wisdom of my heart.

When you say Yes, say it quickly. But always take a half hour to say No, so you can understand the other fellow's side.

He who speaks without an attentive ear is mute.

A wisdom deficit - fewer elders and even fewer people who listen to them.

Silence is one of the hardest kind of arguments to refute. There is no good substitute for wisdom; but silence is the best that has yet been discovered.

Ask dumb questions and listen quietly for the answers. That's a wisdom stair climber.

I pray daily for wisdom on how to serve my kids without words.

First hear, then understand, and then, leaving all distractions, shut your minds to outside influences, and devote yourselves to developing the truth within you. (I. 177)

Los superjefes no se limitan a escuchar; también preguntan permanentemente a sus empleados sus opiniones.

Somebody once said that good conversation should be like a tennis match, with each player gracefully sending the ball back across the net; instead, most conversation is like a golf game, with each player stroking only his own ball, and waiting impatiently for the other to finish.

A good talker is sensitive to expression, to tone and color and inflection in human speech. Because he himself is articulate, he can help others to articulate their half-formulated feelings. His mind fills in the gaps, and he becomes, in Socrates' words, a kind of midwife for ideas that are struggling to be born.

Here is an exercise in advanced Right Speech. Starting tomorrow when you wake up, don't gossip. See what happens if you just give up making comments about anyone not present. Listen carefully to the voice in your mind as it is getting ready to make a comment, and think to yourself, "Why am I saying this?" Awareness of intention is the best clue for knowing whether the remark you are about to make is Right Speech. Is