Listening

I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. [Albert Ellis]

My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that's what she said. [Anon]

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why. [Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966]

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. [John Lubbock] [Compare Lin Yutang]

When one feels tranquil, one should find pleasure in listening to good teachings. [With Buddha]

When you talk to yourself, at least you know that someone is listening. [Craig Bruce]