“An ear can break a human heart
As quickly as a spear,
We wish the ear had not a heart
So dangerously near.”

“The opposite of freedom is not determinism, but hardness of heart. Freedom presupposes openness of heart, of mind, of eye and ear.”

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi

“seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.”

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist

“The bird stabs the worm, the big cat breaks the bird’s neck, the man casts his spear into the heart of the cat. That is how the world is. Even the man had better look behind him; the wolf may be near, or another man, or fate, the hungriest hunter of them all.”

Tanith Lee book Vazkor, Son of Vazkor

“A scholar … should turn his ears from the talk of the illiterate and not take it to heart.”

Maimónides book Mishneh Torah

“Hearts can break. Yes. Hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't.”

Stephen King book Hearts in Atlantis

“It was different with you, Leo. In the eyes and ears of my heart, you and the magic are one and the same.”

Jerry Spinelli book Love, Stargirl

“When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.”

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet

“For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.”

Judy Garland (1922–1969) actress, singer and vaudevillian from the United States

“I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not.”

F. S. Flint (1885–1960) English Imagist poet