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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?
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.
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.
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.
It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. -Unknown.
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.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
Well done is better than well said. -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.
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.
