Quotes About Listening

You have to know the difference between what's of the world and what's of God. You have to want to know what he has to say. That's why it's best to pray in silence. He waits for you.

The trick with women is knowing when to just let them talk.

The transformation occurs in the space between one heart and another. To be heard by someone who is present, open, and caring is to be led into freedom.

We are mysteries unto ourselves. Our lives come to us in random moments...Listen to the stories you tell others. The stories you repeat. The stories you want told at the end of your life. What does the story want from the listeners? What is it you need others to understand?

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?

It's in battle we get our warrior hearts, not when we sit listening to tales about war.

The moon moved in so close she eavesdropped on us.

Kimmy's not really talking to you. She only needs a witness, not an audience.

the dead never stop talking and sometimes the living hear.

allows our natural compassion to flourish. It guides us to reframe the way we express ourselves and listen to others by focusing our consciousness on four areas: what we are observing, feeling, and needing, and what we are requesting to enrich our lives. NVC fosters deep listening, respect, and empathy and engenders a mutual desire to give from the heart.

When people are upset, they often need empathy before they can hear what is being said to them.

Participant: Why, what do you mean?

Participant: Well, you're so intelligent.

in a more loving manner, and those two things you said provide the direction I was looking for.

Intellectual understanding of a problem blocks the kind of presence that empathy requires. When we are thinking about people's words and listening to how they connect to our theories, we are looking at people - we are not with them.

But, if you want to feel better, I'd like you to clarify what you would like people to do to make life more wonderful for you.

It was these two things you said.

MBR: Ah, so it's my saying those two things that you appreciate.

Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. We often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.

Participant: I have this eighteen-year-old son whom I haven't been able to communicate with.

Temos quatro opções quando escutamos uma mensagem difícil: 1. Culpar a nós mesmos; 2. Culpar os outros; 3. Perceber nossos próprios sentimentos e necessidades; 4. Perceber os sentimentos e necessidades dos outros.

I had a major conflict with what went on in his head, but I've learned that I enjoy human beings more if I don't hear what they think.

Resistance, defensiveness, and violent reactions are minimized.

We know a speaker has received adequate empathy when (1) we sense a release of tension, or (2) the flow of words comes to a halt.