Source: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart. ”
“When you and the truth speak to me, I do not listen to the truth. I listen to you.”
Cuando tú y la verdad me hablan, no escucho a la verdad. Te escucho a ti.
Voces (1943)
“When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”
Comprehension
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“Society speaks and all men listen, mountains speak and wise men listen.”
Frequently attributed to Muir without source. An extensive search of Muir's published and unpublished writings found several sharp and cogent observations concerning society (see above) but not this one.
Misattributed
“The world is speaking to you every day, you just don't know how to listen.”
“If listening was as important as speaking, you would have twice as many ears as mouths.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Live among men as if God beheld you; speak with God as if men were listening.”
sic vive cum hominibus tamquam deus videat, si loquere cum deo tamquam homines audiant.
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter X: On living to oneself, Line 5.
