Quotes about listening (2329 quotes, page 24)

“If listening was as important as speaking, you would have twice as many ears as mouths.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

“I would talk to myself but I’m not a good listener.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

“Most people neither hear nor understand God speaking in their hearts: they listen to the urging of passion, which inhabits the soul and with its clamour drowns the still small voice of God.”

Sophrony (Sakharov) (1896–1993) Russian monk, theologian and writer

Source: Saint Silouan the Athonite (1991), p. 79

Soul , God , Understanding , People

“Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons I've learned in my own life. The best subjects are always people, who never fail to amaze me by their unpredictability.”

Ronnie James Dio (1942–2010) American singer

Speaking on his plans for the Dio album Master of the Moon, interview https://ronniejamesdiosite.com/NewsInterviews/Interviews/metalmastersJAN04/MMjan04RJD.html, Metal Masters, January 2004

Imagination , People , Learning , Life

“Kids, you better listen to the folks than me. It's not for children.”

Goran Bare (1965) Croatian rock musician, singer

About turbo folk music
Original: (hr) Djeco, bolje slušajte narodnjake, nego mene. Nije to za djecu.

Children

“Lord of Medina, listen to my calling,
My hopes are directed to you,
I do not think of any other helper.”

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690–1751) Sufi writer

Hope , Thinking

“Prince of Medina, listen to my calling-
The journey is under your protection.
You lead the travelers to the other shore.”

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690–1751) Sufi writer

Travel

“Like sometimes when a coach is behind you, they don’t really know how you feel. It’s hard for me to tell him, because I’m also thinking. If the coach and I think the same thing, that’s good, but sometimes it doesn’t happen. Then do you listen to the coach, or do you listen to yourself?”

Beiwen Zhang (1990) badminton player

"Beiwen Zhang – Adapting To Every Challenge" in Badminton Pan America http://www.badmintonpanam.org/beiwen-zhang-adapting-to-every-challenge/ (15 December 2020)

Thinking , Feeling

“When you listen to music, you can transcend your own pain and turn towards another and feel bonded with the whole of humanity because you know that they have felt that grief and love. By expressing it, by communing with that song or picture, you realize you are not alone.”

Susan Cain book Bittersweet

Walker, Suzy (interviewer). "The Big Happiness Interview: Susan Cain on how embracing sadness can make us happier", Metro, June 5, 2022.
Bittersweet

Pain , Communication , Music , Love

“You can learn more about a person by watching them eat one meal than by listening to them speak for a whole day.”

Charles Sheffield book Proteus In The Underworld

Source: Behrooz Wolf (aka The Proteus Trilogy), Proteus In The Underworld (1995), Chapter 2 (p. 11)

Personality , Learning

“Cities have a spirit and reveal their secrets if you listen.”

Lamia Abbas (1929–2021) Iraqi poet

jadaliyya.com, Oct 17, 2015 https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/32602

Secret

“I strongly believe that animals are a crucial part in a human's life; we need other companions besides our fellow humans to share joyous, sad and emotional moments. Pets just always seem to be the unsurpassed friend and the best listeners.”

Emma Wareus (1990) Miss Botswana 2010, 1st runner-up to Miss World 2010

http://www.universalqueen.com/2010/10/emma-wareus-miss-world-botswana-2010.html

Sadness , Animals , Life , Parting

“The earth has its music for those who will listen.”

Reginald Vincent Holmes

Often misattributed to Shakespeare, because the words remind us of “If music be the food of love play on”. Statement is also commonly associated with Santayana, but no source or attribution can be found in his works or correspondence.
Variant: The earth has music for those who listen.
Source: Book Fireside Fancies, Poem The Magic of Sound. 1955.
Context: I've heard the soft whisper of wind in the pine trees,
The silvery ripple of brooklets at play;
I've heard the low voice of a sweet singing mother
As she sang to her child at the end of the day.

I've heard the faint rustle of sails in the sunset
And blue waves caressing the wild, rockbound shore;
The whistle of trains as they cross the green prairie
And mountains re-echo the cataract’s roar.

The notes of the organs in ancient cathedrals,
Where hearts of the faithful are lifted in song;
I've heard the gay laughter as children were playing,
The chatter and buzz of a large, happy throng.

The earth has its music for those who will listen;
Its bright variations forever abound.
With all of the wonders that God has bequeathed us,
There's nothing that thrills like the magic of sound.

Music

“This is the threat to our lives. We all face it. We all operate in our society in relation to a system. Now is the system going to eat you up and relieve you of your humanity or are you going to be able to use the system to human purposes? … If the person doesn't listen to the demands of his own spiritual and heart life and insists on a certain program, you're going to have a schizophrenic crack-up. The person has put himself off center. He has aligned himself with a programmatic life and it's not the one the body's interested in at all. And the world's full of people who have stopped listening to themselves.”

Joseph Campbell The Power of Myth

Episode 1, Chapter 12
The Power of Myth (1988)

Personality , Life , People , World

“For those who live music with their heart, it is extremely exciting to listen to the magical and sweet melodies of sound every time.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per chi vive la musica con il cuore, è estremamente emozionante ascoltare ogni volta le magiche e dolci melodie del suono.
Source: prevale.net

Time , Heart , Music

“Listen, if stars are still lit it means
there is someone who needs them,
It means someone wants to love.
Without sacredness in the emptiness
of this world of ours,
the heart of man fades like a flower,
no star is ever lost,
the long rains will continue to fall.”

Alexis Karpouzos book BEYOND THE HEAVEN

Star , Flowers , World , Heart

“Loving means knowing how to listen, being there, knowing how to prioritize, the attentions. To love means to complete each other.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Amare vuol dire saper ascoltare, esserci, saper dare la priorità, le attenzioni. Amare significa completarsi.
Source: prevale.net

Love

“If you persist in your ignorance, refuse to listen to advice, feel that you are always right, don't learn from the mistakes of others, feel great and arrogant, then it's only a matter of time before life kicks your ass and teaches you a lesson.”

Titon Rahmawan

Learning , Time , Life , Feeling

“Listen to music that warms your heart, seek melodies and enchants that gifting joy to your instants.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Ascoltate musica che scaldi il cuore, cercate melodie e incanti che regalino gioia ai vostri istanti.
Source: prevale.net

Heart , Music , Joy

“It's difficult, very difficult to find someone who knows how to love. Someone who knows how to listen to the beating of his heart.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: È difficile, molto difficile trovare qualcuno che sappia amare. Qualcuno che sappia ascoltare il battito del suo cuore.
Source: prevale.net

Heart , Love

“Who have a real passion for music, while listening to it even forget to go to sleep.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Chi ha una vera passione per la musica, ascoltandola dimentica persino di andare a dormire.
Source: prevale.net

Sleep , Forgetting , Music , Passion

“When, after listening the truth, someone gets angry and offended, it means that they were lying and and that he was conscious of it.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Quando, dopo aver ascoltato la verità, qualcuno si arrabbia e si offende, significa che mentiva e che ne era cosciente.
Source: prevale.net

Truth , Lying

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Angels

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“A stray dog listens to what no one says and sees what is hidden, making him a privileged narrator.”

José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor

Source: Interview to José Baroja. https://grupoigneo.com/blog/entrevista-jose-baroja-literatura/

Dogs

“Always have your own way of being in the world. For those who listen to you, you will be an example, those who love you will know that they cannot possess you, and those who have hurt you will not try to touch you again.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Abbiate sempre un vostro modo di stare nel mondo. Per chi vi ascolta sarete un esempio, chi vi ama saprà che non potrà possedervi e chi vi avrà fatto del male, non proverà più a toccarvi.
Source: prevale.net

Hurt , Way , World , Love

“A true master is one who knows how to listen to you, teach you his knowledge, be friends with you and who has the ability to eliminate any doubt of yours.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Un vero maestro è colui che sappia ascoltarvi, insegnarvi la sua conoscenza, esservi amico e che abbia la capacità di eliminare qualsiasi vostro dubbio.
Source: prevale.net

Knowledge