“Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.”

“Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening.”

“Life was what happened when all the what-if’s didn’t, when what you dreamed or hoped or – in this case – feared might come to pass passed by instead.”

“Listen to what others have to say. When you speak, you're only repeating things you already know. When you listen you learn.”

“The cry of the poor is is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.”

“Clarity is of no importance because nobody listens and nobody knows what you mean no matter what you mean, nor how clearly you mean what you mean. But if you have vitality enough of knowing enough of what you mean, somebody and sometime and sometimes a great many will have to realize that you know what you mean and so they will agree that you mean what you know, what you know you mean, which is as near as anybody can come to understanding any one.”

“I did not leave you alone, Allah is with you and with my parents. If you need anything, then ask him what you need. He listens and knows what is within you.”

“Listen to the words people say in their lyrics, and tell me, if that's some real shit, if that's real to you, you know what I mean. Listen to what they sayin', don't just bob your head to the beat, peep the game, and listen to what Im saying. Hold us accountable for it.”

“As if it didnt matter what was on, but instead how hard i was listening.”

“That's what tears are for, you know, to wash away the fear and cool the hate.”