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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. -Native American.
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. -Native American.
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?
But yet she listen'd--'tis enough--
Who listens once will listen twice;
Her heart, be sure, is not read more
But yet she listen'd--'tis enough--
Who listens once will listen twice;
Her heart, be sure, is not of ice,
And one refusal no rebuff.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. -Wilson Mizner.
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.
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.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -Robert Greenleaf.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen.
