Quotes for All
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Epictetus
Calm on the listening ear of night Come Heaven’s melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains. Edmund Sears
All the things that girls feel they are not when they fear that if they become, if they are, they will no longer be loved by the sisters whose hearts they have not meant to break. And besides, if the sisters are gone and only the beloved remains with his dense curls and his lips, … Read more
One of the best ways to persuade others is by listening to them. Dean Rusk
The art form has to do with the mystery and the hidden invitation that’s in the room. And that’s when the magic happens, that’s when the deep silence emerges to the surprise of all the attentively listening ears. In a way, you’re following that silence. You go where the silence is deepest. David Whyte
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. Anne Sexton
The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent.’ Alfred Brendel
You are daydreaming about the future because you have not tasted the present. Start tasting the present. Find out a few moments where you are simply delighting. Looking at the trees, just be the look. Listening to the birds, just be a listening ear. Let them reach to your deepest core. Let their song spread … Read more
Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God’s listening ears.
R. A. Torrey