I don't want people to think that they can attain…

Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“Listening's reading if you close your eyes. Music's a wood you walk through.”

— David Mitchell

“Self-actualization is not a sudden happening or even the permanent result of long effort. The eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist poet-saint Milarupa suggested: "Do not expect…

— David Richo

The state we call realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything.

— Ramana Maharshi

Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound

— Philip Kapleau

“Often, the only thing that separates ordinary people from extraordinary accomplishments is the realization that there is simply no other choice.”

— Shimon Apisdorf

For a lot of people, poetry tends to be dull. It's not read much. It takes a special kind of training and a lot…

— Thomas M. Disch

I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.

— John Quincy Adams

I have myself, for many years, made it a practice to read through the Bible once ever year… My custom is, to read four…

— John Quincy Adams

This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every…

— Daniel Webster

If it is not strong upon your heart to practice what you read, to what end do you read? To increase your own condemnation?…

— Thomas Brooks

“Asking questions is an opportunity for creativity and personal expression, both for the person asking and the person answering.”

— Sharon Salzberg

The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen.

— Rachel Naomi Remen

What you have been taught by listening to others' words you will forget very quickly; what you have learned with your whole body you…

— Gichin Funakoshi

“When all are one sentience, Language withers and fades away. Let's sit together and speak in silence, Let's be light to each other's way.”

— Abhijit Naskar