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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's read more
An essential part of true listening is the discipline of bracketing, the temporary giving up or setting aside of one's own prejudices, frames of reference and desires so as to experience as far as possible the speaker's world from the inside, step in inside his or her shoes. This unification of speaker and listener is actually and extension and enlargement of ourselves, and new knowledge is always gained from this. Moreover, since true listening involves bracketing, a setting aside of the self, it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the other. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will fell less and less vulnerable and more and more inclined to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener. As this happens, speaker and listener begin to appreciate each other more and more, and the duet dance of love is begun again. -M. Scott Peck.
The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings.
The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust. -Josh Billings.
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.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -Dr Joyce Brothers.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
In listening mood she seemed to stand,
The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little. -Unknown.
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.
