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.
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The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich.
The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich.
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,),
The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more
The wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird? -Edward H. Richards.
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.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.
No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what read more
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
