Quote by George MacDonald Download Open image ““To hear one talk is better than to see one.”” — George MacDonald ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.” — as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius Zeno of Citium Copy Share Image
“One person speaking up makes more noise than a thousand people who remain silent.” — Thom Harnett Copy Share Image
“It was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else.” — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“You have two voices: the one you speak with and the one you think with. While the former is the one others hear, of… — Stephen Richards Copy Share Image
“You know best who you really are by watching what you do rather than listening to what you say.” — Ronald A. Heifetz Copy Share Image
“I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.” — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
“...one did not need to speak much, only to say what was worth hearing when one did.” — Shelley Adina Copy Share Image
“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace? — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I wish I had [made that song]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
