#listen

The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. ↗

— Germain G. Glidden

#listening #age

When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens. ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#listening #work #art

If you don't listen to the question entirely, then you are going to revise your answers frequently. ↗

— Toba Beta

#the-art-of-listening-question #art

Go for it, my heart said, my heart always said. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#courage #faith #heart #listen-to-your-heart #love

The art of hearing what somebody has to say is actually, listening. ↗

— Colette Ruland Parrino

#morals-love #art

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#compliment #kind-word #life #listen #potential

solutions have a voice - the art is knowing how to listen ↗

— Gino Norris

#listening #options #solutions #voice-of-listening #art

The art of conversation lies in listening ↗

— Malcolm Forbes

#friendship #listening #art

The trouble is, when you gift a girl with flowers your choice can be construed so many different ways. A man might give you a rose because he feels you are beautiful, or because he fancies their shade or shape or softness similar to your lips. Roses are expensive, and perhaps he wishes to show through a valuable gift that you are valuable to him. When a man gives you a rose what you see may not be what he intends. You may think he sees you as delicate or frail. Perhaps you dislike a suitor who considers you sweet and nothing else. Perhaps the stem is thorn, and you assume he thinks you likely to hurt a hand too quick to touch. But if he trims the thorns you might think he has no liking for a thing that can defend itself with sharpness. There's so many ways a thing can be interpreted. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#interpretation #significance #the-ears-of-the-listener #beauty

The trouble is, when you gift a girl with flowers your choice can be construed so many different ways. A man might give you a rose because he feels you are beautiful, or because he fancies their shade or shape or softness similar to your lips. Roses are expensive, and perhaps he wishes to show through a valuable gift that you are valuable to him. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#interpretation #significance #the-ear-of-the-listener #beauty