The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.
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 frightened.
To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.
We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut
You can judge a good listener by asking the talker at the end of the conversation what the listener's position is on the topic. If the talker doesn't know, then the listener has probably done a good job of listening.
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