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"It takes a great man to be a good listener." -- Calvin Coolidge "A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him." -- Brendan Francis "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." -- Ernest Hemingway "Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking." -- Vincent McNabb, God's Way of Mercy "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, Waiting for God "A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but before he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with." -- Kenneth A. Wells, Guide to Good Leadership "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening." -- Larry King "We must lean to listen, because those who listen understand, and those who understand always forgive." -- Jorge Fernando, Brazilian movie director "An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart." -- David Augsburger "You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward vision." -- St. Bernard "The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites." -- James Hollis "The first duty of love is to listen." -- Paul Tillich "With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing." -- Catherine de Hueck Doherty "One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears - by listening to them." -- Dean Rusk "Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly." -- Frank Tyger "Knowledge speaks - Wisdom listens." -- Anonymous