The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.

In just ten syllables, the terror of Alzheimer's is conveyed to the listening audience.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions, your listening skills will increase

I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.