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 opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. -Fran Lebowitz.
The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. -Fran Lebowitz.
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.
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.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never 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.
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.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we read more
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
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.
