Delight Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The extreme pleasure we take in speaking of ourselves should make us apprehensive that it gives hardly any to those who listen to us.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When people talk about others, I can hear them speak about themselves.

— Anonymous

There's precious little comes of telling people what they don't want to hear.

— Martha Ostenso

Sometimes people just need to be heard. They find happiness in sharing their thoughts.

— Akkineni Nagarjuna

It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we" with a…

— Anonymous

We say to others only what we need to hear

— Byron Katie

Between every record, we all split off in our own world and we all end up listening to usually pretty different music on our…

— Ben Gibbard

If we only listened with the same passion that we feel about being heard.

— Harriet Lerner

Listening is so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we really are.

— Michael Nichols

People that brag about themselves don't have that one person to listen to them

— Unkown

True listening is never self-effacement. We bring the whole self to the process, rather than denying self. When we truly listen, we aren't just…

— T. Thorn Coyle

People love to talk about themselves.

— Angela Ahrendts