Marvin J. Ashton Quotes

The learned person who only talks will never Penetrate to the inner heart of humans.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

I don't think love is a tricky issue at all. Love is best understood when we share: Share time, energy, food, resources, insights, information, whatever. It's usually thought of as something that exists between two people, but that's just because it's easier to see and feel in the space between them. Each person is sharing a lot with the other.

I want to keep an inner life alive and, with luck, somebody else's, too.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

You can only love and be loved to the extent that you know and are known by somebody.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

Since loving is about knowing, we have more meaningful love relationships when we know each other and it takes time to know each other.

When two people talk with mutual respect and listen with a real interest in understanding another point of view, when they try to put themselves in the place of another, to get inside their skin, they change the world, even if it is only by a minute amount, because they are establishing equality between two human beings.

If I had a row with my husband, it's not going to work my saying, 'Right, if you don't do what I want, I'm going to walk out.' It doesn't work on any level. What you do is you go in and you say, 'I have a problem. You have a problem. Let's try and sort this out together.' You don't come to an agreement with people who you're falling out with badly.

Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about things after you share them with a woman.

I don't think the idea of being seen changes in its importance. I think it's always true. When relationships start to have problems, it's almost always because we don't feel seen by that person anymore.

It only takes one clear person to have a good relationship.

If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn how to talk to one another. Poetry is the language at its essence. It’s the bones and the skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your words.

I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.

We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity.

Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.

Ser compreendido é prostituir-se.

Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which means you bend so you don't break. Treat your spouse with the flexibility and respect you would give to a top client. Think how we treat clients; We smile, we are polite, we listen to their ideas. Never forget that your spouse is your most important client.

The more people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

We transform our relationships when we listen with our ears, hearts, and souls.