Quote by Margaret Atwood

“And he couldn't stand to be nothing, to know himself to be nothing. He needs to be listened to, he needs to be heard.…

— Margaret Atwood

“Listen, not to answer, but to understand.”

— Matthew Pollard

“If you are capable of hearing, listen.”

— Ronald Everett Capps

“if you want to be understood ...Listen.”

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

“Listening is hard work. Listen carefully not only with your ears, but also listen with all of your senses. You will understand better.”

— Debasish Mridha

“There is no lie that does not have at its core some truth. One must only know how to listen.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“The ability to listen is as important as the ability to speak.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

“The art of hearing what somebody has to say is actually, listening.”

— Colette Ruland Parrino

“His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed,…

— Sue Woolfe

“It was a stillness so profound one had to adjust one’s hearing to it. … The silence seemed to be trying to tell him…

— Haruki Murakami

“I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.”

— Walker Percy

“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them.”

— Gloria Steinem