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If you listen to me, I feel valued, you give me your time, acceptance - something I may neve have had - and a relationship with another human being - something I may have had problems with. You share the burden of my grief, my loneliness, my frustration, my indecision, my guilt. I've been alone with it so far. You let me think my thoughts aloud and sometimes, that way, I find answers - or at least discover where to look for them."
Paul Tournier
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and then attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
Listening looks easy, but it's not simple. Every Head is a world.
Cuban Proverb
The most basic of human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
Ralph Nichols
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