Quotes about Listening

When I was under house arrest, it was the BBC that spoke to me - I listened.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

When man listens, God speaks; when man obeys, God acts; when man prays, God empowers.

To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers.

I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

We need to close every church in the land for one Sunday and cease listening to a man so we can hear the groan of the Spirit which we in our lush pews have forgotten.

Being submissive does not mean that we don't give honest feedback.

You know what it's like when two people start a conversation. First one of them does all the talking, the other breaks in with That's just like me, I... and goes on himself until his partner finds a chance to say, That's just like me, I... The That's just like me, I... 's may look like a form of agreement, a way of carrying the other party's idea a step further, but that is an illusion...

He understands that that impatience to speak is also an implacable uninterest in listening

There is desire in those who love to hear about their loved ones' pains.

is it really true that we can't afford one attack helicopter's worth of seed corn to listen to the stars?