Character Quote by Krista Tippett

“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 among the most generous ways to give.”

— Jan Karon

“To carefully listen is a powerful way of saying to another that we value that person. When we take the time to understand we…

— Stephen Covey

“When I have been listened to and when I have been heard, I am able to re-perceive my world in a new way and…

— Carl R. Rogers

“It is seductive to be a good listener no less than a questioner, and once again we suspect this is because listening is another…

— David P. Barash

“Good listeners are no less rare or important than good communicators. Here, too, an unusual degree of confidence is the key -- a capacity…

— Alain de Botton

“Genuine listening means suspending memory, desire, and judgment — and, for a moment at least, existing for the other person. ”

— Michael P Nichols

“Listening is a gift that generates the quality of life and it helps us to grow in life.”

— Euginia Herlihy

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

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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

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

“Empathetic listening is a finely tuned ability to go beyond words to discover the thoughts and feelings which live beneath a person’s surface presentation.”

— Susan C. Young