I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
Victory does not come to men who listen to their fears.
They who listen to only one bell hear only one sound.[Qui n’entend qu’une cloche n’a qu’un son, disaient les gens sages.]
There’s none so blind as those who will not listen.
Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don’t. They don’t care what he said. They listens because of what he is.
If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilised.
I’m afraid if I listen to my heart once, I’ll never figure out how to ignore it again.
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
A man who won’t listen can’t hear.
