Quotes About Listening

This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying. The party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, but I think they do it to make us feel important. One thing's for sure: no one else in life says to me, "Wait, Craig, what were you going to say?

Or maybe arguing with people you disagree with takes less effort than exploring why they think differently from you.

As the saying goes, we spend the first years of children's lives teaching them to talk and walk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and sit down.

Arguing more loudly or strenuously or more articulately than your opponent simply reveals how annoying and obstinate you are.

If humans are intelligent, so is the rest of Nature. Native peoples have always said this. The human species shows its decreasing ability to communicate--both internally and externally--by its failure to recognize this intelligence. In this sense, our immune failures are one more example of not having ears (receptors) to hear the voice of Nature with compassion.

Then their conversation turned to work and movies. I tried to contribute, but I had trouble focusing on the words. They just floated into my ear and accumulated there like wax.

Being submissive does not mean that we don't give honest feedback.

Apretad, oh apretad sobre el día de la destrucción sobre la tierra el oído en escucha, y oiréis, a través del sueño oiréis como en la muerte comienza la vida.

No, I didn't go to our language schools. My grandmother taught me Russian." "Evelina Vasileva Putyatova?" "So, you were paying attention. Odd for a man." "I'm a spy. I listen." "And look and file things away. Anyway, my grandmother was a wonderful woman.

When they send someone to interrupt a private conversation, it means that they weren't able to eavesdrop.

Stop talking. Can't you see I'm detecting?

When everyone feels free to tell you the truth, respect for you dwindles… A wise prince should take another course: choose wise men for your advisors, and allow only them the liberty of speaking the truth to the prince, and only on matters about which you ask, and nothing else. But you should question them about everything, listen patiently to their opinions, then form your own conclusions later.

I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to recognize what God wants you to do. That's how it often is. God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud as a church bell.

You really love her don't you, she said. With all my heart. She looked as sad as I'd ever seen her. What's your heart telling you to do? I don't know. Maybe, she said gently,You're trying to hard to hear it.

All of sudden, this shooting star went by, and all I could think was that they were listening to us somehow.

Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.

Most people don't know how to appreciate the silence. They can't help talking.

You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient and more mature than any guy I'd dated before. And when we were together, you listened in a way that made me feel like I was the only woman in the world. You made me feel complete and spending time with you just seemed right.

Based on her experience with men, most assumed that when you talked to them about a problem or dilemma, they were expected to offer an opinion, even when all you wants was for them to listen.

Nana glanced at Ben. I think your mom has catepillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.

You don't feel the need to talk all the time, do you, she said. He smiled. No. Most people don't know how to appreciate silence. They can't help talking. I talk, I just want to have something to say first.

You're very perceptive for a guy who can go a whole day without talking," she said, peering up at him. "That's why I'm perceptive.

I think your mom has caterpillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.