Khalil Gibran Quotes

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

What most of us want is to be heard, to communicate.

If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

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

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

If You are a man who leads, calmly hear the speech of one who pleads, (and) do not stop him from purging his body of that which he planned to tell.

I'm a talker.

People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.

Humans are fascinated with communication. I was always drawn to words and stories, staying in touch with your feelings and being open to what's around you.

Listen if you want to be heard

People love to talk but hate to listen.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work, after you work, in between work, with your children, with your husband, with your friends, with your mother, with your father. It's everything. And it's where you learn everything.

The sheer act of listening speaks volumes that even a great speech can't communicate.

Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.

It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen.

Everybody hears, but few listen.

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

Hearing is listening to what is said. Listening is hearing what isn't said.

It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening.

I’ve learnt to listen. I don’t think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

The art of conversation lies in listening.