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To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is read more
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 frigthened. -Robert C. Murphy.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
He holds him with his glittering eye--
. . . .
And listens like a three years' read more
He holds him with his glittering eye--
. . . .
And listens like a three years' child.
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore read more
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but
to knock at your ear, and beseech read more
And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but
to knock at your ear, and beseech listening.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my read more
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. -Henry David Thoreau.
