“Many years spent listening to the tribulations of man have persuaded me that the satisfaction of all desires is completely counterproductive to happiness. Instant and unrestrained gratification is the shortest and most direct route to unhappiness.” MenYearsDesireListeningDirectSatisfactionInstantUnhappinessRoutesGratificationTribulationCounterproductive Author:James E. Faust
“She [my mother] said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. And if I didn't listen to her, she said my ear would bend too easily to other people, all saying words that had no lasting meaning, because they came from the bottom of their hearts, where their own desires lived, a place where I could not belong.” PeopleIfsKnowsHeartSaidMotherDesireListeningEarsBottomLastingTrue Words Book:The Joy Luck Club Source: The Joy Luck Club
“Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals.” LoveHeartDesireHealingAttitudeLove YouListeningGenuineHealInspirational LoveListening To Others Author:Christopher Isham