Quotes About Listening

It was a heartbreaking story. He closed his eyes tightly as he told it, so I took the opportunity to quickly check Twitter. I hate not knowing what's happening on Twitter.

If we amplify everything, we hear nothing.

Hearing] was distinct from listening, which could only be achieved when hearing was combined with giving a shit.

To, ?e milcz?, nie znaczy, ?e nie mam nic do powiedzenia.

I am fifty-five years old, and believe God is willing to listen if we speak clearly and to the point. His responses are manifested, not in immediate answers or results, but in dots everywhere around us that need to be connected intelligently.

The world was overpopulated with talkers and underpopulated by listeners

The world was overpopulated with talkers and underpopulated by listeners, and many of her sources gave her the impression that she was the first person who'd ever truly listened to them.

him under house arrest was in his head. Hearing

People have to be patient when they're talking to a nervous person.

La calidad de una cena la determinan las conversaciones secundarias que la mayoría de la mesa no oye.

on the one hand there's mansplaining, and on the other, there's the sound of a woman quoting the mansplaining to another woman.

Cultural listening is the skill of being able to see beyond the symptom to the underlying dynamic. It's an extremely powerful tool to develop as a leader, whether you're the CEO, a team leader, or a solopreneur just starting out.

In an age of fear, moderation is hard to find and harder to sustain. Who wants to listen to a nuanced argument, when what we want is someone to relieve us from the burden of thought and convince us that we were right all along? So people mock. They blame. They caricature. They demonise. In an age of anxiety, few can hear the still small voice that the Bible tells us is the voice of God.

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

I yearned to press my ear to the door so that I could at minimum hear. But I knew that my side was on the outside with the hero. Part of me hated this, and part of me was grateful, because once you hear something, you can never return to the time before you heard it.

Am stat cuibariti cateva momente, apoi ne-am intins amandoi pe spate si iarba era ca un pat. Pentru ca era asa de intuneric, puteam vedea multe dintre stele. Era ca si cand ne-am fi aflat sub o umbrela mare sau sub o rochie. Am vorbit multe minute despre multe lucruri, dar de fapt eu nu-l ascultam si nici el nu ma asculta, si eu nu ma ascultam pe mine, iar el nu se asculta pe sine. Ne aflam pe iarba, sub stele si asta este ceea ce faceam.

Nunca dependiendo de la palabra de los otros, pero siempre escuchándola. Nunca obedeciendo el consejo de los demás, pero siempre teniéndolo en cuenta. Nunca pendiente de la opinión del afuera, pero siempre registrándola con claridad.

Esperar con más o menos paciencia a que el otro termine de hablar solo para poder decir lo que ya estábamos pensando, no necesariamente es dialogar, sino muchas veces la mezcla y superposición de dos monólogos...

Il futuro si costruisce passo dopo passo, non ci sono dubbi. Ma è altrettanto certo che saremo migliori se sapremo vivere nel presente circondandoci di tutte quelle cose buone che ancora esistono, facendo buoni propositi, e avvicinandoci a tutte quelle persone impegnate alla scoperta di sé, che con ottimismo hanno imparato ad ascoltare. Solo in questo modo potremo addormentarci notte dopo notte un po' più sereni e svegliarci ogni mattina un po' più saggi.

A mí no me gusta que la gente me haga confidencias, porque mientras me dicen cosas importantísimas pienso en otra cosa y tengo miedo de que se den cuenta.

Não fale, a menos que você possa aprimorar o silêncio.

I thought of my mother late that night, after leaving Dorothy, as I followed the moon's path back home across the Moose River. My mother, maybe she was in that moon's light. I didn't know any more, but when I was younger, Iuse to imagine that she was. I'd talk to the moon some nights, and I knew my mother listened. I haven't done that in a long time, me. -Through Black Spruce, Joseph Boyden, ch 13, pg 119

Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted.

Oriental idea: you don't teach until you are asked. You don't force your mission down people's throats.) And so the boy