Quotes About Listening

Why does the person with the least to say usually take the longest to say it?

To compose poetry is about listening, ...not to contrive, it is, so to speak, about bringing forth something that already exists-this is why when one reads great poetry, when often gets this 'I-new-all-of-this-already, I-just-didn't-express-it' feeling. Language listens to itself.

It is healing simply to be heard, to be met, to be seen, to be known.

You certainly have to be ready for meditation. You have to come to it at the right time in your life, at a point where you are ready to listen carefully to your own voice, to your own heart, to your own breathing

Embody what you most want to impart, and keep your mouth shut.

Meditation is more rightly thought of as a "Way" than as a technique. It is a Way of being, a Way of living, a Way of listening, a Way of walking along the path of life and being in harmony with things as they are.

You certainly have to be ready for meditation. You have to come to it at the right time in your life, at a point where you are ready to listen carefully to your own voice, to your own heart, to your own breathing—to just be present for them and with them, without having to go anywhere or make anything better or different. This is hard work.

Look upward to himLook to him for everythingLook to him for answersLook to him for a listening ear

Faith isn't hearing the voice of God. It's listening and hearing nothing, but moving toward the miracle anyway. God hears us even when we don't hear him. Knowing that requires real faith.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

When you're a kid, you listen to what your family is listening to. For my family, it was bluegrass.

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

If you go to most third world countries, the older woman dispenses advice to the arguing couple while other members of the family, or even the village, sit around and listen. It is no big deal.

In my family, Father is the world champion at ending conversations.

In a family, what isn't spoken is what you listen for. But the noise of a family is to drown it out.

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

We're supposed to take our problems to a family adviser. Personally I've never met a family adviser. They're all off somewhere listening to dirty stories.

Can't you see the Creator of the universe, who understands every secret, every mystery, sitting patiently and listening to a four-year-old talk to Him? That's a beautiful image of a father.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

The exceeding delight we take in talking about ourselves should give us cause to fear that we are giving but very little pleasureto our listeners.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

If you want to be rich, be generous. If you want to make friends, be friendly. If you want to be heard, listen. If you want to be understood by others, take the time to truly understand them. If you want to live an interesting life, be interested in the happenings around you.