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  • Since true listening involves a setting aside of the self, it also temporarily involves a total acceptance of the others. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will feel less and less vulnerable, and more and more inclined to open up the inner recesses of his or her mind to the listener. As this happens, speaker and listener begin to appreciate each other more and more, and the dance of love is begun again.

    M. Scott Peck (2012). “The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth”, p.116, Random House
  • actions speak louder than words

    Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster
  • For maximum impact, listen more and speak less.

  • Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

    Funny   Life   Sarcastic  
    Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr
  • Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.

    'King Lear' (1605-6) act 1, sc. 4, l. [132]
  • Speak less but act more.

  • In all things, to serve from the lowest station upwards is necessary. To restrict yourself to a trade is best. For the narrow mind, whatever he attempts is still a trade; for the higher, an art; and the highest in doing one thing does all, or, to speak less paradoxically, in the one thing which he does rightly he sees the likeness of all that is done rightly.

    Art   Speak Less   Mind  
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1824). “Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels”, p.228
  • If I had to do it all over again, I would speak less and study more.

  • Advice on evangelism needs to be tailored to individual situations. For instance, I know someone who needs to be encouraged to speak less and work more. That would be a better testimony for him because he has certainly let his work colleagues know about Jesus. It's not that I don't want him to witness about Jesus, but I have a lot of sympathy for his employer. He is paying for work to be done.

    Source: matthiasmedia.com
  • To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.

  • It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

    Life   Positive   Wisdom  
    'The Poet at the Breakfast Table' (1872) ch. 10
  • Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

  • Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

    William Shakespeare, Alfred Leslie Rowse (1984). “King Lear: modern text with introduction”, Univ Pr of Amer
  • Wise men speak because they have something to say

  • Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

  • Take empathy, something added to human nature very recently and moving as we speak. Less than 300 years ago, Christians were enjoying watching a bear and dogs fight in a pit, racing Jews like horses, and had a life expectancy of less than 50 years. Today there are vegans who won't kill a fly, and yet wars too.

    Christian   Dog   Horse  
    Source: www.patheos.com
  • To speak less of oneself than what one really is, is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man's value, is pusillanimity and cowardice.

    Men   Speak Less   Pay  
    Michel de Montaigne (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)”, p.614, Delphi Classics
  • In the realm of culture in America, white European culture has held the floor for centuries; just as with any one-sided conversation, a balance can only be achieved if the speaker who has dominated speaks less and listens more.

  • Those involved with practical reactors, humbled by their experiences, speak less and worry more.

    "Paper Reactors, Real Reactors (June 05, 1953)". "AEC Authorizing Legislation: Hearings Before the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy", p. 1702, 1970.
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