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It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner.
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of read more
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.
But yet she listen'd--'tis enough--
Who listens once will listen twice;
Her heart, be sure, is not read more
But yet she listen'd--'tis enough--
Who listens once will listen twice;
Her heart, be sure, is not of ice,
And one refusal no rebuff.
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.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.