Listening Quotes

"The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing." "You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say." "There’s two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way" "The quieter you become, the more you can hear." "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them" "You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak" "I'm not the greatest at talking about myself. I'm more of a listener." "Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking." "Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk." "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." "Saying nothing sometimes says the most" "I would say that my basic spiritual practice is working with my intuition, and then being very quiet and listening." "When you know how to listen, everybody is the guru." "When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes" "Not being heard is no reason for silence." "Silence is one of the great arts of conversation" "Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." "We're fascinated by the words—but where we meet is in the silence behind them." "When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't" "Assume that the person you are listening to might know something you don’t"