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Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.
When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.
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.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.
The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.
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.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
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.
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.
