Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.
Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.
The first duty of love is to listen.
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking-and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.
Listening to others viewpoints may reveal the one thing needed to complete your goals.
Man's inability to communicate is a result of his failure to listen effectively.
Just the act of listening means more than you can imagine.
When we invest in active listening, the dividend is an expanded capacity for compassion.
Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.
Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.
Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.
When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.
Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money but respect.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering.
The art of conversation lies in listening.
Listening is an effect. Communication is cause.
Listen with your eyes as well as your ears.
When we listen, we hear someone into existence.