Quotes on Listening

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

The prayer of listening makes things simple but it also makes us vulnerable, and that is frightening. Listening makes us open to Christ, the Word of God, spoken in all things: in the material world, the Scriptures, the Church, and sacraments and, sometimes most threateningly, in our fellow human beings. To listen at prayer is to take the chance of hearing the voice of Christ in the poor, the weak, those whom we love and those whom we do not love.

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

Today, we need a Church capable of walking at people's side, of doing more than simply listening to them; a Church which accompanies them on their journey.

Listening to my songs is like reading my diary.

Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying 'Listen to me'.

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.

When you listen to the voice in your head, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind.

ON HER DEATHBED, Gertrude Stein is said to have asked, 'What is the answer?' Then, after a long silence, 'What is the question?' Don't start looking in the Bible for the answers it gives. Start by listening for the questions it asks.

We can't find the truth listening to our own voice's echo. We can find ourselves only in someone's mirror

You can listen to what people say, sure. But you will be far more effective if you listen to what people do.

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.

No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

In the homes of many Western Christians, hours are sometimes spent listening to worldly music. In our homes loud music can also be heard, but it is only to cover the talk about the gospel and the underground work so that neighbors may not overhear it and inform the secret police. How underground Christians rejoice on those rare occasions when they meet a serious Christian from the West!

Stop hiding! Stop holding yourself back and playing yourself down! Stop worrying about how you look and what people are saying. Stop listening to what people are saying and trying to find out if they are whispering about you. Stop waiting for someone to tell you that you are okay or to make you feel special. Life is special! It is a special gift. This is your life! Now take your gift and live it out in the open! Decide today that you are going to live out loud!

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.

I would give anything for a female's hand on me tonight. they soften a man and then leave him listening to the rain.

Obeying God is listening to God, having an open heart to follow the path that God points out to us.

There is no bad day that can’t be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet. This is just truth, plain and simple.