Quotes About Listening

Beware you do not damage, you might say, the ear's innermost chamber where we hear the heavy noise of the dragon's tail moving over the dead leaves.

When I said I didn't want to see you anymore why did you choose that particular statement to be the only one you ever listened to?

Arguing doesnt mean you hate eachother, it means that you care enough to point out someones faults and help them put things right, if you stop arguing it means you've stopped caring.

You don't listen when I talk, maybe you'll listen when I walk.

And when you see them, their persons will please you, and If they speak, you will listen to their speech; (they are) as if they were big pieces of wood clad with garments; they think every cry to be against them. They are the enemy, therefore beware of them; may Allah destroy them, whence are they turned back? And when it is said to them: Come, the Apostle of Allah will ask forgiveness for you, they turn back their heads and you may see them turning away while they are big with pride.

True friends listens clearly to what you are saying and closely to what you're not saying.

A true friend listens to you when you need it most, not just when it's important.

Where there is pain, there will be strength. Where there is sadness, there will be wisdom. And where there is fear, there will be renewal. Having a good friend is the best certainty in life. If we listen we learn from each other.

I went to tell you we should be friends, that I will be here until the end, but you would not listen to me, so friends no longer shall we be.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attentionÃ. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't hear me, he'll say 'What?'. So I'll say it again, but once again he doesn't hear me, so he says 'What?'. But really it's just some insignificant sh*t that I'm saying, but now I'm yelling, 'That tree is far away.'

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

I went to tell you we should be friends, That I will be here untill the end. But you would not listen to me, So friends no longer shall we be.

They say that guys keep conversation short and sweet while girls can talk for hours till they put you to sleep. But you're the one who checks up on me through out the day. You stay on the phone even if there's nothing to say.

One of the best investments you can make in yourself is to take a genuine interest in other people.

Agreeing to everything someone is saying so that they stop talking.

Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it

Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it.

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna

a penny for my thoughts oh no i'll sell em for a dollar their worth so much more after im a goner and then maybe you'll hear the words ive been singing funny when your dead how people start listening

I want you to tell all these people that I wanted more time to spend with them. Tell them I meant to, tell them I wanted to hear what they said and tell them what was on my mind.

Where were the scientific pamphlets that taught a woman how to listen to herself die?