Philip Yancey Quotes

I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.

Try and understand--there are views other than yours.

At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.

At the end of the day, you have a side of the story that needs to be heard, too.

We're so divided as a world that we don't often have the opportunity to sit down and talk to people who are different to us. We're so ready to always be right that we sometimes forget it's OK to listen.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

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

At the end of the day, stories connect us, not politics. And there's so many stories out there waiting to be told. It's just a matter of who's out there listening.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

Throughout my life I have always been amazed that people couldn't listen to other people, that they couldn't hear their best intent, that there seemed to be an enormous need to demonize.

It's great to express yourself and tell other people's stories and get into the minds of people who aren't like you.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

My mother always taught me to think about things from other people's perspectives and think about where they're coming from.

When you can listen to others' perspectives, we can learn about the other people that make up this great country.

Let's choose to hear one another out.

How can you build something for someone else if you don't have enough familiarity with them to imagine the world through their eyes?

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

When people express opinions that differ from yours, take it as a chance to grow. Seek to understand over being understood. Be curious, not defensive. The only way to disarm another human being is by listening.

You need to talk to people, and you need to hear what it is they have to say.

In a marriage, we have to accommodate each other's views.

While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another.

Try honest to see things from the other person's point of view.

Especially now when views are becoming more polarized, we must work to understand each other across political, religious and national boundaries.