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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
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.
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the read more
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -James Nathan Miller.
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.
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. read more
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. Isham.
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.
Listen, every one
That listen may, unto a tale
That's merrier than the nightingale.
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Listen, every one
That listen may, unto a tale
That's merrier than the nightingale.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn (pt. III,),
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
