Quotes About Listening

Please hear what I'm not saying

I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

This idea that it's intolerant to object to anyone else's position, hovever, is a complete perversion of the historic understanding of tolrance, which was that one had to have the respect to listen to anyone else's point of view, even one with which one might profoundly disagree. Tolerance did not reject truth claims; it respected them.

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

Oysters speaking doesn't give a pearl. (Les huîtres qui parlent n'ont pas de perle)

The old becomes deaf, but hears death. (Le vieux devient sourd, Mais entend la mort)

The less men think, the more they talk.

It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows, listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travellers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.

Why, Mrs. Piper has a good deal to say, chiefly in parentheses and without punctuation, but not much to tell.

The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.

He was gobbling mincemeat, meatbone, bread, cheese, and pork pie, all at once: staring distrustfully while he did so at the mist all round us, and often stopping—even stopping his jaws—to listen. Some real or fancied sound, some clink upon the river or breathing of beast upon the marsh, now gave him a start, and he said, suddenly,—

It was one of those hot, silent nights, when people sit at windows, listening for the thunder which they know will shortly break; when they recall dismal tales of hurricanes and earthquakes; and of lonely travelers on open plains, and lonely ships at sea, struck by lightning.

I have sometimes sat alone here of an evening, listening, until I have made the echoes out to be the echoes of all the footsteps that are coming by and by into our lives.

Lord Decimus. 'Mrs Merdle is. Mr Sparkler is, too. In fact,' said Mr Merdle, 'I rather believe that one of the young ladies has made an impression on Edmund Sparkler. He is susceptible, and—I—think—the conquest—' Here Mr Merdle stopped, and looked at the table-cloth, as he usually did when he found himself observed or listened to. Bar was uncommonly pleased to find that the Merdle

It was a great surprise to Scrooge, while listening to the moaning of the wind, and thinking what a solemn thing it was to move on through the lonely darkness over an unknown abyss, whose depths were secrets as profound as death – it was a great surprise to Scrooge, while thus engaged, to hear a hearty laugh.

There is a time to act, and a time to wait, to listen, to observe. Then understanding and clarity can grow. From understanding, action arises that is purposeful, firm, and powerful.

For four years, I listened to stories of intelligence failures, and it wasn't due to incompetence of anyone in the system, but that the system is so arcane.

Whenever problems arise, get alone and listen quietly for God.

You may feel as though your life is in a vortex of trouble, but if you ask Him to show you how to be still before Him, He will; and in the calm of His presence, you will hear Him speak words of hope and encouragement.

He encourages you to share your heart with God, but also directs you to pay attention to what the Father is teaching you.

Hay ocasiones cuando Dios quiere que estemos sentados en su presencia en silencio. No quiere que seamos nosotros los que siempre hablemos. Como lo expresa Isaías 30:15: «En quietud y en confianza será vuestra fortaleza».

El problema está en que no siempre andamos en el Espíritu. Algunas veces decidimos hacer las cosas a nuestro modo. Estamos tan empeñados en una determinada dirección que, aunque Dios hablara, no podríamos oírle, simplemente porque no estamos sintonizados con l.