Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.

Quote by Brenda Ueland

Topics: Force Quotes, Listening Quotes

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much...

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or...

All children have creative power.

All children have creative power.

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and...

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody...

Sometimes I think of life as a process where everybody is discouraging and taking everybody...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat,...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no...

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of...

The direct use of physical force is so poor a solution to the problem of...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the...

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

There is a force that drives everything in this universe; you may call it anything...

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age