Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

Real men don't listen. I think you can waste a lot of valuable time listening to what people are saying to you and, let's face it, it's rarely interesting or important.

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.

Listen more than you talk.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

In the governing of souls, we need a cup of science, a barrel of wisdom, and a sea of patience.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.