Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.
I have been accused of having believed when I wrote Sex and Temperament that there are no sex differences... This, many readers felt, was too much. It was too pretty. I must have found what I was looking for. But this misconception comes from a lack of understanding of what anthropology means, of the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder, that which one would not have been able to guess.
We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers.
To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frightened.
It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.
The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him.
Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm and deep listening, and loving speech. This is universal thing, taught by all religions.
Just because I didn't do what you told me, doesn't mean I wasn't listening to you!
Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.
The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.
The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.
People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.
When you are deeply contemplative, you listen more carefully and understand things which cannot be articulated.
While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.
In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.
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