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listening
«The difference between listening to a radio sermon and going to church...is almost like the difference between calling your girl on the phone and spending an evening with her.»
Author: Dwight L. Moody
(Evangelist)
| Keywords:
calling, church, evening, listening, On the Radio, phone, phoned, phones, phone call, radio, sermon, spending
«Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure»
Author: Henri Nouwen
| Keywords:
closeness, cure, distance, heals, listening, long distance, no longer, somewhere, speaking
«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.»
Author: Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Philosopher)
| About:
Attention,
Caring,
Feelings,
Friendship,
Listening
| Keywords:
attentively, completely, conveyed, conveying, conveys, listening
«Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time»
Author: John Lubbock
(Biologist, Politician)
| About:
Rest
| Keywords:
across, by no means, clouds, float, floated, grass, idleness, listening, murmur, murmurs, summer, summers, That Summer, The Clouds, waste of time, watching
«Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.»
Author: Leo F. Buscaglia
| About:
Caring,
Compliments,
Kindness,
Power,
Smile
| Keywords:
Act of, all of, caring, compliment, complimented, ear, honest, listening, potential, potentials, smallest, the smallest, touch, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating
«Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem.»
Author: Mal Pancoast
| Keywords:
hear, listen, listening, possibility, prepare, problem, set, set up, talking, talking to
«The world is full of people that have stopped listening to themselves or have listened only their neighbors to learn what they ought to do, how they ought to behave, and what the values are they should be living for.»
Author: Joseph Campbell
(Author, Editor, Philosopher, Teacher)
| About:
World
| Keywords:
behave, full, listened, listening, neighboring, neighbors, ought, stopped, values, well behaved
«Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
Heaven on Earth, listening, watching
«Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.»
Author: Martin Luther
(Priest, Scholar)
| Keywords:
faculty, Faculty of, listening, plague, Plague The, plaguing, satiate, satiated, sermons, soon, tender, tenders, The Faculty, wearies, weariest, weary, wearying
