"A person hears only what they understand." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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• Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once. — Robert Browning
• The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does… — Pearl S. Buck
• For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has… — John Cheever
• There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but… — John Henrik Clarke
• I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say… — Maya Angelou
• Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least. — William Wordsworth
• Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers… — Edward McKendree Bounds
• Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with… — Ole Hallesby
• Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but… — J C Ryle
• The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire;… — Sean O'Casey
• If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let… — Henry David Thoreau

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