From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.

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.

The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich.

The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich.

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.

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but read more

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I read more

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the read more

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -M. Scott Peck.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.

I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.