--- title: "8 Talking and listening Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Talking and listening quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Talking and listening sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jim-loehr-36256_feelings_the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-invol_121514.jpg" --- > [The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-loehr/the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-involves-a-rhythmic-movement/) [Jim Loehr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-loehr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jim-loehr-36256_feelings_the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-invol_121514.jpg) > [A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re-no-longer-talking-and/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/anonymous-1_acting_a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re_344265.jpg) > [Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/avoid-such-situations-in-which-you-are-unnecessarily-burdened-with/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/rajneesh-54_all-kinds_avoid-such-situations-in-which-you-are-u_429415.jpg) > [Well I'm Superman, just not action. I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandon-routh/well-i-m-superman-just-not-action-i-m-kind-of-looking-for-something/) [Brandon Routh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandon-routh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/brandon-routh-18765_action_well-i-m-superman-just-not-action-i-m-ki_1164135.jpg) > [Producing a photographic document involves preparation in excess. There is first the examination of the idea of the project. Then the visits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-siskind/producing-a-photographic-document-involves-preparation-in-excess/) [Aaron Siskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-siskind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bc/aaron-siskind-26377_casual_producing-a-photographic-document-involv_1384334.png) > [We need silence to be able to touch souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-need-silence-to-be-able-to-touch-souls/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/mother-teresa-196_able_we-need-silence-to-be-able-to-touch-soul_1464785.jpg) > [People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-covey/people-don-t-listen-to-understand-they-listen-to-reply-the-collective/) [Stephen Covey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-covey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/stephen-covey-339_collectives_people-don-t-listen-to-understand-they-l_2811217.png) > [Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-miller/listening-is-not-merely-not-talking-it-means-taking-a-vigorous-human/) [Andrew Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/andrew-miller-43010_communication_listening-is-not-merely-not-talking-it-m_2968151.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talking-and-listening/#itemlist", "name": "Talking and listening Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and listening, valuing the other person and feeling commensurately valued in return.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Loehr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-loehr/the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-involves-a-rhythmic-movement/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jim-loehr-36256_feelings_the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-invol_121514.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jim-loehr-36256_feelings_the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-invol_121514.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jim-loehr-36256_feelings_the-pulse-of-a-strong-relationship-invol_121514.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The pulse of a strong relationship involves a rhythmic movement between giving and taking, talking and…” — Jim Loehr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re-no-longer-talking-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/anonymous-1_acting_a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re_344265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/anonymous-1_acting_a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re_344265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b7/anonymous-1_acting_a-lot-of-times-when-you-re-acting-you-re_344265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to be unburdened of it. And you go on collecting it as if it is something precious. Talk less, listen only to the essential, be telegraphic in talking and listening. If you talk less, if you listen less, slowly slowly you will see that a cleanliness, a feeling of purity, as if you have just taken a bath, will start arising within you. That becomes the necessary soil for meditation to arise. 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