Quotes on Listening To Others

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

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 attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.

Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Listening to other people's needs is listening to God. Noticing simple, natural beauty, hearing music, even confronting the challenge of pain and problems - that can all be listening to God too.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

What you have been taught by listening to others' words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you will remember for the rest of your life.

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others, and considering well what they say. Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating. Gently but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me.

Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it.