“When I speak, you must not listen to the words, my dear. Listen to the Silence.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
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One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“When you seem to be listening to my words, they are your words, with me listening.”
Cuando me parece que escuchas mis palabras, me parecen tuyas mis palabres y escucho mis palabras.
Voces (1943)
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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968Related quotes
Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987
”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”
“It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one.”
Heraclitus (-535) pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Fragment 50, as translated in the Loeb Classics edition http://www.loebclassics.com/view/heracleitus_philospher-universe/1931/pb_LCL150.471.xml?rskey=IyhfrN&result=8 <br class="br">Variant translations:<br>Listening not to me but to reason, it is wise to agree that all is one.<br>Listening not to me but to the Word it is wise to agree that all things are one.<br>He who hears not me but the logos will say: All is one.<br>It is wise to hearken, not to me, but to my Word, and to confess that all things are one. <br class="br">The word translated in these quotes and many others as "The Word" or "Reason", is the greek word λόγος (Logos). <br class="br">Numbered fragments
“The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.”
Alfred Brendel (1931) Austrian pianist, poet, and author
Cited in: Karen Offord. Dare to Dream: Your Journey of a Lifetime, 2014, p. 115.
“Listen to the words long written down,
When the man comes around.”
Johnny Cash (1932–2003) American singer-songwriter
Song lyrics, American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002), The Man Comes Around
Context: Whoever is unjust, let him be unjust still.
Whoever is righteous, let him be righteous still.
Whoever is filthy, let him be filthy still.
Listen to the words long written down,
When the man comes around.
“Were you listening to a word I said '
'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.”
Jasper Fforde (1961) British novelist
Source: Shades of Grey