No one every listened themselves out of a job.

Listen. Don't explain or justify.

Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much.

Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.

Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frightened.

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.

A new lens to look through. Hear the pain in people's speaking. People who have an ear to hear can hear. You will no longer tolerate what you used to tolerate. A second point of reality. Declare a new future. There are no right answers. There is no is. Give people breakdowns. It's the loving thing to do. What's being revealed here? Dogs don't have things wrong. Wrong disempowers people. Upsets indicate a "right" that's been violated. Notice when you are angry that you are the only one around. The only constant thing is you. Business is made up. It's invented. We invent our world through language. If it really turns you on, you may want to inform your face. There is no "right" way. A chair is only a chair because we say it's a chair.

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.

The first duty of love is to listen.

There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.

You can judge a good listener by asking the talker at the end of the conversation what the listener's position is on the topic. If the talker doesn't know, then the listener has probably done a good job of listening.

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.