Accepting Quote by Henri Nouwen

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

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 not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to…

— Anna Deavere Smith

To listen is to be vulnerable. You allow something outside your body to come inside. To be open and impressionable, to hear everything, is…

— W.A. Mathieu

Listening is much more than allowing another to talk while waiting for a chance to respond. Listening is paying full attention to others and…

— Henri Nouwen

There is nothing wrong with listening. You can listen to people; you can hear people's concerns. You can keep an open mind and still…

— Bill de Blasio

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

— Brett Ratner

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

— Andrew Miller

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what…

— Alice Duer Miller

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really…

— Mark Nepo

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

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