#listen

Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people. ↗

— Bryce Courtenay

#listening #storytelling #design

Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears. ↗

— Criss Jami

#broken-hearts #comforting #crying #doctor #father

هل نستطيع ، نحن الذين غير جديرين بالكلمة، أن نكون جديرين بالاستماع فقط! كلّ قول هو أمر ضروري و الاستماع أيضاً. لكني أرى الأختام على الأذنين، على القلوب، على الأفواه، أرى الأختام. الرعب . ↗

— Atiq Rahimi

#fear #heart #listening #mouth #word

Listening over and over to the voices through a family of instruments allowed us to recognize and appreciate the dignity and uniqueness of each living thing in the meadow and forest. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#listening #music #peter-the-wolf #story #voice

I had been running as fast as I could for all of my adult life. A person can’t listen effectively while running. A running mother is not able to pick up clues. She is not able to let go of her own agenda long enough to stop and listen. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#oblivious #parenting #family

If you want to become something, achieve something in life, then always listen to your heart. ↗

— Shahrukh Rafi Khan

#listen-to-your-heart #inspirational

Let your wisdom guide you On your own personal journey By listening to your heart Your soul will be alight And let you be All that you are intended to be ↗

— Karen Hackel

#listen #soul #wisdom #wisdom-inspirational #inspirational

What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a peep out of anything that isn't us? What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects; we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#life #listening #nature #life

It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect. ↗

— Galt Niederhoffer

#books #cruel #discussing #dissecting #driving

When many voices are speaking at once, listen to the one most quiet and gentle. That’s the one worth listening to. ~ Miranda* ~ ↗

— Miranda Linda Weisz

#listen-to-your-heart #listening-to-inner-self #meditation #truth #self-worth