Accepted Quote by Henri Nouwen

Listening is an act of love. When you listen to people, you are communicating non-verbally that they are important to you.

— Jim George

Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

— Margaret J. Wheatley

“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance…

— William Stringfellow

Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance,…

— William Stringfellow

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is…

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Listening is a form of spiritual hospitality by which you invite strangers to become friends, to get to know their inner selves more fully,…

— Henri Nouwen

Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us.

— Andrew Miller

“Listening is a gift of spiritual significance that you can learn to give to others. When you listen, you give one a sense of…

— H. Norman Wright

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.

— J Isham

To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people…

— Robert C. Murphy

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 love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it…

— Alice Duer Miller