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“NO ONE IS AS DEAF AS THE MAN WHO WILL NOT LISTEN” jewish proverb
"The most basic of human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them."
Ralph Nichols
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right. ”
Jane Goodall
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. Leo Buscaglia
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. Bryant H. McGill
Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. 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. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.”
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”
“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”
Calvin Coolidge
“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”
“It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.”
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Video: Be the Last to Speak "At the end, you will get your turn."
Vasudeva listened with great attention. It was one of the ferryman’s greatest virtues that, like few people, he knew how to listen . . . the speaker felt that Vasudeva took in every word, quietly,expectantly,that he missed nothing. . . . He did not await anything with impatience and gave neither praise nor blame—he only listened. . . . Siddhartha felt how wonderful it was to have such a listener who could be absorbed in
another’s life."
—Herman Hesse
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