To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened. -Robert C. Murphy.
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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I read more
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
Well done is better than well said. -Unknown.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
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.
It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the read more
It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.
The first duty of love is to listen.
The first duty of love is to listen.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
