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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.
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke read more
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?
And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but
to knock at your ear, and beseech read more
And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale, and this cuff was but
to knock at your ear, and beseech listening.
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold read more
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force...When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life...When we listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other...and it is this little creative fountain inside us that begins to spring and cast up new thoughts and unexpected laughter and wisdom. ...Well, it is when people really listen to us, with quiet facinated attention, that the little fountain begins to work again, to accelerate in the most surprising way. -Brenda Ueland.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
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.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
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,),
