Quotes about Listening

The First Goal of Conversation: Understanding, not Agreement.

Every day, God has something to say to you. Even when He seems to be quiet, God is still saying something.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

Examples of this kind teach us that one should not believe any human being, no matter how saintly he may be, but must pay attention to Him who calls and to His Word.

Whose heart would not rejoice in its inmost core at hearing these things?

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

'Why do we have to listen to our hearts?' 'Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure.' 'But my heart is agitated,' the boy said. 'It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it's become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I'm thinking about her.' 'Well, that's good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.'

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.

Don't be so busy 'working' for God that you don't do what God has asked you to do.

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

The president did not truly listen to anybody. The more you talked, the less he listened.

But one clear difference was that he had acquired almost no formal sort of social discipline—he could not even attempt to imitate decorum. He could not really converse, for instance, not in the sense of sharing information, or of a balanced back-and-forth conversation. He neither particularly listened to what was said to him, nor particularly considered what he said in response (one reason he was so repetitive).