Marcus Aurelius Quotes

You must not become a mere peddler of words. The thing to learn is to know what people are thinking about, not what they say.

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard.

We learn the most from listening, and I don't just mean with our ears.

What people really want, no matter who they are, is someone to listen to them. ... people have a lot on their minds, however trivial, and if you're simply willing to sit there like a sack of dirt and let them yammer, they will tell it to you.

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

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.

i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.

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

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

The reason I love acting is because I feel like acting is all about listening.

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

Listening is the essence of anything.

For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.

I wanted to communicate what I had seen, so that others could see it.

I see only defects because I'm not following the scene as it were. I'm not following the other person. It's like the best thing to clarify this is the theater.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

A man hears only what he understands.

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening.

Listening is active. At its most basic level, it's about focus, paying attention.

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any fun reading.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.