Quotes About Listening

Everyone is interesting. If you're ever bored in a conversation, the problem's with you, not the other person.

Be the silence that listens." –Tara Brach

Always ask: What am I missing? And listen to the answer.

If you only engage with people about problems, pretty soon, you'll become the problem for them," and I agree with that.

Two Words for Conflict Resolution "[My mentor's] life advice to me, when I'm going into a conflict or a difficult situation with my parents or an argument with Neil [Gaiman, her husband] is, 'Say less.' That's it. Just say less.

Be the silence that listens."–Tara Brach Teacher of meditation and emotional healing, author of Radical Acceptance

I believe that music and people don't mix; that music should be appreciated alone without seeing or knowing who the musicians are and without other people around. Just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musician's personal life.

now routinely listen to her. To have your mind explode, search "Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 FULL Argerich Charles Dutoit" and check out minute 31.

Listening is about being present, not just being quiet.

Sometimes, the clues that you put outwardly are too subtle to be heard, or someone is just talking louder than you.

Justin listens to Max Richter's From Sleep, a composed album with a shortened version on Spotify. "I put it on very quietly as I am starting my bedtime routine, so it usually ends 15 to 20 minutes after I'm asleep. Or I will use the Sonos sleep timer, if I'm at home.

Just listening to music for its own sake, not listening to the people around you and not filtered through what you know about the musician's personal life.

Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said - Americans felt like they weren't being listened to. There were a lot of people across the political spectrum who said we don't want a one-size-fits-all healthcare plan.

To hear God's call clearly; to follow that call faithfully, without addition or diminution; to love and to serve in the place and in the way that God truly desires: this is indeed the "delight" of persons in the second spiritual situation.

All God wants us to do is to ask him what he wants us to do, and then do it.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn't get that way in part because of something that was said.

Have you ever felt like you haven't been heard?

In this chapter we invite you to listen to your words and evaluate the way they shape your relationships.

The words of an ambassador are always other-centered. Consider the problem ("according to their needs")

My words must be shaped by your need. An ambassador's words always address the person's true need of the moment.

having a passport is not a sign of surrender. On the contrary, it is liberating, since it creates the possibility of new experiences. It allows us to see how other people, sometimes wiser than we, react to similar problems. Since so much of what has happened in the last year is familiar to the rest of the world or from recent history, we must observe and listen.

Nu te prici la vorbe ?i nu te b?ga în certuri; las?-l pe cel?lalt s? aib? dreptate. Nu-?i impune niciodat? voia ta mai presus de a celuilalt. Astfel se deprinde greul me?te?ug al ascult?rii, ?i prin aceasta al smereniei. C?ci smerenia ne este de cea mai mare trebuin??.

C'è uno che dice, non so, "siamo andati a prscrxw, e poi lì abbiamo preso il treno per...", e io ti chiedo "Cos'ha detto?", e tu "E poi lì abbiamo preso il treno per Boston". "Ma no! Siamo andati a..?" e tu "EH, APPUNTO! E poi lì abbiamo preso il treno per Boston!" E se non è una cassetta che si può tornare indietro a risentirla IO NON SAPRO' MAI DOVE CAZZODIBUDDA SONO ANDATI!

Quando hai un problema fermati, fermati, fermati. Ascoltalo e cerca di trovare la risposta dentro di te. Perchè c'è. Dentro di te c'è qualcosa che ti tiene insieme, che ti aiuta, c'è una vocina. Ascoltala.