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    A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.

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One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

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I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: Opinions Quotes,
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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.

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We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

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If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight read more

If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Opinions Quotes,
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Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.

Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.

by Unknown Found in: Listening Quotes,
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One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Opinions Quotes,
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No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.

No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.

by Edgar Watson Howe Found in: Listening Quotes,
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Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we read more

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

by Shel Silverstein Found in: Listening Quotes,
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