Mary Lambert Quotes

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

There's a power in empathy.

We need to understand the other side to impact the other side. We become much more effective as humans and leaders when we engage in hearty conversations with those who are different from us, not necessarily to change our opinions, but to build the empathy muscle.

Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

I have always worked from that place, that if you are going to inhabit someone and get under their eyes, you need to have empathy.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

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

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

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

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

Conversations create change. It's easy to call someone 'enemy,' but there's more to it, right?

Once you have dialogue starting, you know you can break down prejudice.

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.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

Before I judge someone, I need to talk to them and learn what their journey's are.

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