The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.

Quote by Sydney J Harris

Topics: Empathy Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Listening Quotes, Understanding Quotes

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by...

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different...

The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different...

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared...

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be...

The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be...

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at...

When we have 'second thoughts' about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at...

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with...

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with...

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.

The beauty of spacing children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have...

The beauty of spacing children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have...

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that...

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that...

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by...

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

The most important thing in an argument, next to being right, is to leave an...

Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses. It has only a sharp tongue...

Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses. It has only a sharp tongue...

You need me more than I need you. Not smart to let your arrogance get...

You need me more than I need you. Not smart to let your arrogance get...