Quotes About Listening

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that.

Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.

A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.

For by our ears our hearts oft tainted be.

A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.

I never yet did hear, That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear

Cease thy counsel, for thy words fall into my ears as priceless as water into a sieve.

The which if you with patient ears attend

Read it you, sirrah.

Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding. If we want to understand other human beings, there is no better way than to listen to them with empathy like a close friend would. If you wish to understand yourself, the same rule applies: listen with empathy. Instead of talking negatively to yourself, try to listen to yourself with respect and positive attention. Instead of judging yourself, accept yourself just as you are.

the secret to listening to others is to listen to ourselves first?

The plain people were busy getting their daily bread. They had no time to listen to all the frantic pleadings and protests which arose. One tale was good until another was told, and probably both were untrue and certainly very difficult to understand.

There were record albums: classical, jazz, popular, the Caedmon Poets.

As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.

The reward for the watching eye and listening ear is great.

When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - 'I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest ' and so forth, I switch off quite early.

to the tarahumara, asking direct questions is a show of force, a demand for a possession inside their head.

Talkers aren't listeners

You have to be in tune with your body, and know when you can push it and when to back off," Ann would explain. You

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Talkers never write. They go on talking." There

We think of communication as words. But a screaming child is trying to say something. A tantrum carries a message. Hitting is communication. Sleep patterns carry a message. Even the sulky belligerence of a teen is an attempt to convey a message. Everything the child does says something to the person who is willing to take the time to listen carefully.

Those who listen at closed doors rarely hear good of themselves," his mother had warned him as an adolescent.

Where is that man who has forgotten words that I may have a word with him?