I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.

Confucius

Allow your softer, more intuitive, and less dominating feminine qualities to rise to the fore, so that you're surrendering rather than dominating, receiving rather than broadcasting, loving rather than fighting.

Lao Tzu

By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.

Rabindranath Tagore

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Jimi Hendrix

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

Wilson Mizner 

What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

Peter Drucker

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.

Frank Tyger

Listening broadens us, lays the groundwork for peace, elevates the quality of our relationships, and opens the way to success. If nothing else, when you listen, you'll find you are the most popular person in the room.

Linda Eve Diamond