Quotes on the value of listening

Seek first to understand and then to be understood – S Covey

Be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger James 1:

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. Prov 18:13

And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. Mark 4:24

Grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand ~ Prayer of St Francis

The first duty of love is to listen – Paul Tillich

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less ~ Diogenes