Listening

Famous quotes containing the word listening:

    One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears—by listening to them.
    Dean Rusk (b. 1909)

    I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    What means the fact—which is so common, so universal—that some soul that has lost all hope for itself can inspire in another listening soul an infinite confidence in it, even while it is expressing its despair?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)