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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.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.
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 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.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
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.
And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.
And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the read more
There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -James Nathan Miller.
