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E. E. Cummings

We doctors know a hopeless case if—listen: there's a hell of a good universe next door.

Topic: Listening

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These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them. — Rumi

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An inability to stay quiet . . . is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.

› Walter Bagehot

Listening Solitude

It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to keep quiet.

› Ernest Hemingway

Communication Listening

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

› Robert Frost

Confidence Education Listening

A silent man is the best one to listen to. — Japanese Proverb

Communication Listening

Observe with the eyes; listen with the ears; shut the mouth. — Hawaiin Proverb

Communication Listening

I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say. — Calvin Coolidge

Communication Listening

It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one. — Heraclitus

Listening Wisdom

Hear the other side, and believe little. — Italian Proverb

Belief Communication Conflict Listening Persuasion

It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and another to hear. — Henry David Thoreau

Communication Listening Truth

A man's ruin lies in his tongue. — Egyptian Proverb

Communication Listening Speech

The No. 1 reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

› Napoleon Hill

Failure Listening

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. — Publilius Syrus

Communication Listening Wisdom

False leaders proclaim to have all the answers. True leaders listen. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Communication Leadership Listening

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf. — Native American Proverb

Communication Listening

Though I sit down now, the time will come when you will hear me. — Benjamin Disraeli

Leadership Listening Patience Speech Time

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Appreciation Listening

Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James Baldwin

Example Listening

Born, n. a person who talks when you wish him to listen.

› Abrose Bierce

Communication Listening

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. — Desmond Tutu

Communication Conflict Listening Negotiation Persuasion Public Speaking

When you are true listener, you will hear what is not said. — Jeffrey Benjamin

Communication Listening Perception

Lovers' quarrels are the renewal of love. — Terence

Communication Conflict Listening Love

A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.

› Kenyan Proverb

Advice Leadership Listening

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. — Emily Dickinson

Communication Listening Solitude

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