Quotes About Listening

He let me tell my story in whatever way I needed to today.

Years later, when I've done thousands of first sessions, and information-gathering has become second nature, I'll use a different barometer to judge how it went: Did the patient feel understood? It always amazes me that someone can walk into a room as a stranger and then, after fifty minutes, leave feeling understood, but it happens nearly every time. When it doesn't, the patient doesn't return. And because Michelle did, something had gone right.

Wendell says that if I've been taking such copious notes during our phone calls, I probably haven't been able to listen to Boyfriend, and if my goal is to be open to understanding his perspective, that's hard to do when I'm trying to prove a point rather than have an interaction in earnest. And, he adds, I'm doing the same thing to him in our sessions.

You have two ears and one mouth; there's a reason for that ratio"),

Give fools the first and women the last word.

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is.

A business man's conversation should be regulated by fewer and simpler rules than any other function of the human animal. They are: Have something to say. Say it. Stop talking.

The inability to hear is a nuisance; the inability to communicate is the tragedy.

I have talked and listened and heard and there is no me!

That was another thing hearing people did—made too-large movements. It was tantamount to shouting.)

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Never tell your problems to anyone . . . 20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.

Don't tell people about your problems...90% of them don't care, and the other 10% are glad you got them?

In listening to our clients, we reflexively analyze their narratives for inaccurate, destructive, and missing elements. We then attempt to edit their narratives in a manner we feel would better support their adaptation and wellbeing.

Dit alles heb ik dan student Steivekleut meegedeeld, eindigend met dit: Ik heb gezegd, ik dank u voor uw aandacht.

The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.

EARS: I listen to God. I hear the joys of life. I am part of life. I listen with love.

if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from.

always struck him how much more effective silence was than words. If the effect you were after was to disconcert.

Nature is talking to us all the time, it's just hearing that's the problem.

He would be the object lesson, the walking warning to the cadets. What happened when you gave in to temptation. When you listened to the fallen angels of your nature.

She put another small log on the fire and listened to the quiet murmur of Peter and Ben. She couldn't make out the words, just the familiarity. Another wave of sadness enveloped her. She'd lost her murmuring partner. The one with whom she made comforting noises.

Gamache listened closely. To the words. The tone. The space between the words.

I put my arm around her and said, "Jas, I have found that when you are troubled, it is often better to think of others rather than yourself. I think you would feel much better if you got me some milky coffee and jammy dodgers and I told you all about me.