#listen

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. ↗

— Simone Weil

#compassion #difficult #him #just #know

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#become #chinese #common #common sense #essential

The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#early #four #lennon #listeners #little

Listen, everything I did in my childhood was competitive. Everything we did my dad made it into a game to win. We used to drive my mum nuts. ↗

— Lee Westwood

#competitive #dad #did #drive #everything

Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#limbaugh #listen #quarter #rush #rush limbaugh

So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#alternative #gives #hear #information #internet

Whatever life we have experienced, if we can tell our story to someone who listens, we find it easier to deal with our circumstances. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#deal #easier #experienced #find #life

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#advise #anything #coach #else #just

Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#closer #creates #fragmentation #healthy #helps

I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations, who listens well, and who can drive an agenda. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#agenda #budget #created #drive #governor