“It seems that the ancient Medicine Men understood that listening to another's story somehow gives us the strength of example to carry on, as well as showing us aspects of ourselves we can't easily see. For listening to the stories of others - not to their precautions or personal commandments - is a kind of water that breaks the fever of our isolation. If we listen closely enough, we are soothed into remembering our common name.” IfsMenGivingWellsKindEnoughStoriesSeemsRememberNamesWaterCommonBreakExampleListeningUnderstoodAspectMedicineAncientIsolationCommandmentsFeverPrecaution Author:Mark Nepo
“The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will find that his mental movements are erratic: they have no fixed centre and no definite object. His talk is like the water of a canal whose banks have given way, which rolls aimlessly hither and thither, without fulfilling any useful function, though it is the same water which was so helpful and serviceable, when it was confined within clearly marked limits by the restraining force of its earthy boundaries.” WayMayFoundGivenForceWaterMovementObjectsListeningLimitsFunctionSakeBoundariesFixedHelpfulListenersFulfillingDefiniteCentreConfinedTalkersCanalsRestrainingErratic Author:Charles Dickens
“My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Beethoven and Bach.” WaterMy OwnListeningGrewGrew UpMusicalMilesBackgroundsCompositionRamaMuddyColtrane Author:Frederick Lenz
“People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.” PeopleWantPresidentWaterLeadershipStepsListeningDrinkDiscoveryDrinkingAbsenceGenuineDesertSandStep UpThirstyMicrophonesCrawlingAmerican PresidentMiragesDesert Sand Author:Michael J. Fox
“And evermore the waters worship God;-- And bards and prophets tune their mystic lyres While listening to the music of the waves!” WaterListeningOceanWorshipWaveProphetTunesMysticWorship GodEvermoreBards Book:Dictionary of poetical quotations Source: Dictionary of poetical quotations
“Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love - and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.” WorldFirstsActionChristianSpeakWaterPrinciplesGraceFailingListeningJudgmentNewsCommunicateTranslateGood NewsLoftyThirstyGod's GraceUnheardBasic PrinciplesCondescending Author:Philip Yancey
“The difference between a healthy environment and an unhealthy environment can be summed up in one word, and it's not 'CO2' or 'climate' or 'temperature.' It's 'development.' [...] Whether you're drinking clean drinking water, listening to a thunderstorm with pleasure instead of fear, or going to the Grand Canyon, you should be thanking Big Coal, Big Oil, and Big Gas.” ShouldBigsWaterDifferencesPleasureEnvironmentListeningDevelopmentHealthyCleanDrinkingClimateOilGasCoalOne WordTemperatureUnhealthyCanyonsDrinking WaterCo2Grand CanyonThunderstormBig OilHealthy EnvironmentClean Drinking Water Author:Alex Epstein
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” InspirationalMeanSometimesWisdomSuccessScienceLyingTimeWaterNatureTreeSkyListeningWasteSummerStressCloudsGrassRelaxRetirementRetiringWasting TimeRelaxationFloatsIdlenessRetiredJulyStress ManagementSummertimeFunny RetirementInspirational NatureSummer DaysRetirement WishesSummer LoveInspirational RetirementRetirement JokesUnder StressInspirational TreeShort SummerSummer GardenRetirement SpeechSky And CloudsResting And RelaxationCute SummerRetirement CardNo StressClouds SkySummer TimeTime To RelaxSky And Water Author:John Lubbock
“You don't need to know this - but here goes: due to some acquired infantilism, I feel compelled to fall asleep listening to the radio. On a good night, I'll push the frail barque of my psyche off into the waters of Lethe accompanied by the midnight newsreader - on a bad one, it's the shipping forecast.” KnowsNeedsFeelsNightFallWaterListeningRadioDuesMidnightCompelledGood NightFrailForecastsShippingGoodnightLethe Author:Will Self
“Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom.” PeopleWayFeelingsWaterBoysListeningBottomFamiliarEchoesToesWade Book:Letters of Wallace Stevens Source: Letters of Wallace Stevens
“He lay listening to the water drip in the woods. Bedrock, this. The cold and the silence. The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void. Carried forth and scattered and carried forth again. Everything uncoupled from its shoring. Unsupported in the ashen air. Sustained by a breath, trembling and brief. If only my heart were stone.” IfsWorldHeartWaterSilenceAirWindListeningColdMy HeartLateStonesBreathsLaysWoodsVoidAshesTremblingBleakBedrock Book:The Road Source: The Road