12/25/2023 0 Comments Quotes about listeningIf there is no empathy then there is no forgiveness. If there is no compassion then there is no empathy. If there is no understanding then there is no compassion. If there is no caring then there is no understanding. If there is no respect then there is no caring. If there is no communication then there is no respect. You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.ģ1. An appreciative listener is always stimulating.ģ0. It’s one of the skills you perfect as you get olderĢ9. ![]() I’ve learned to get really good at this – say one thing when I’m thinking about something else, act like I’m listening when I’m not, pretend to be calm and happy when I’m really freaking out. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.Ģ8. The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. And people who don’t think are the ones who don’t listen to others.Ģ7. …most people in the world don’t really use their brains to think. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still.Ģ6. He knew what it was like to miss someone. ![]() Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.Ģ5. “But you still have not answered my question about where you are.Ģ4. He listened patiently and intently, as if he had all the time in the world, until I finished several hours later. Still, I told him about my distant and recent past and about my inexplicable depressions. However, I noticed that I was still being sidetracked from getting answers to my questions. …he asked, “Where are you today, right now?”Įagerly, I started talking about myself. I tried to discover, in the rumor of forests and waves, words that other men could not hear, and I pricked up my ears to listen to the revelation of their harmony.Ģ3. Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listeningĢ2. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.Ģ1. The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.Ģ0. The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.ġ9. However, kind people offer compassion and understanding regardless.ġ8. Cruel people offer pity when they no longer feel threatened. It’s not at all hard to understand a person it’s only hard to listen without bias.ġ7. You’re short on ears and long on mouth.ġ5. We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.ġ4. there’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.ġ3. It takes a great man to be a good listener.ġ2. Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.ġ1. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.ġ0. If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.ĩ. ![]() He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.Ĩ. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.ħ. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.Ħ. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.ĥ. Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear all he or she needs is to talk it out. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand they listen with the intent to reply.Ĥ. When we listen with curiosity, we don’t listen with the intent to reply. The greatest problem with communication is we don’t listen to understand.
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