Ishmael Beah Quotes

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

I just like to think rather than talk. But I enjoy everyone's company.

Lennon has an amazing ability to think before she speaks. She doesn't have to constantly be talking. She just thinks, and when she speaks, it's thoughtful. She's very calm. I'm trying to learn that from her.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any form that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important.

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.

I always try to think before I talk.

I am a better listener than talker - but that's partly because I believe rows are often caused by saying things you haven't thought through properly.

Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak.

The problem is that people think once and talk 10 times. It's better to think 10 times before you talk once.

I've always been a guy who's reserved my words for the right time.

To be silent is sometimes an art, yet not so great a one as certain people would have us believe, who are wisest they are most silent.

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.

I grow silent. Dear soul, you speak.

Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.

I named this place Listening Point because only when one comes to listen, only when one is aware and still, can things be seen and heard. Everyone has a listening point somewhere. It does not have to be in the north or close to the wilderness, but someplace of quiet where the universe can be contemplated with awe.

It almost takes people by surprise when I'm not a big talker. Because I'm known as being sort of a loud mouth. I have a lot to say. But I try to be more thoughtful with my comments or reactions, unless it's something witty or hysterical that I just can't keep myself from blurting or tweeting!

When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of some very magical words. It's a gift when someone can listen and be quiet and not interrupt.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Listen more often than you speak.

Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.