"Know that coyness has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall turn to weakness; generosity has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall become wasting; economy has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall be stinginess; and courage has a certain extent, which if exceeded, becomes recklessness."

"in a community, we learn to listen"

"Blessed are they who listen when no one is left to speak."

"The sounds we create tomorrow depend on the care we give our ears today."

"Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen."

"When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen."

"Understanding does not occur when we try to intercept what someone wants to say to us by claiming we already know it."

"The young watch television twenty-four hours a day, they don't read and they rarely listen. This incessant bombardment of images has developed a hypertrophied eye condition that's turning them into a race of mutants."

"听取所有人的意见，从每一只鹅身上摘下一根羽毛，但绝对不要跟随任何人。"

"But yet she listen'd—'tis enough— Who listens once will listen twice; Her heart, be sure, is not of ice, And one refusal no rebuff."

"Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience."

"And this cuff was but to knock at your ear, and beseech listening."

"In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand."

"Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale That's merrier than the nightingale."

"He holds him with his glittering eye— * * * * * * And listens like a three years' child."

"Listen with your ears, not your mouth."

"Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking. They pay more attention to that than to what the other person is saying, and none at all to what really matters: the Being of the other person underneath the words and the mind. Of course, you cannot feel someone else's Being except through your own. This is the beginning of the realization of oneness, which is love. At the deepest level of Being, you are one with all that is. Most human relationships consist mainly of minds interacting with each other, not of human beings communicating, being in communion. No relationship can thrive in that way, and that is why there is so much conflict in relationships."

"what lovely, larger life becomes ours when we listen to one another"

"The one who recites the Qur’an and the one who listens to it have an equal share in the reward."

"Considering how much the ears are cultivated with all the useless varieties of "lute, sackbut, and psaltery," it is wonderful their first great quality should be so neglected ; it shows how much common sense is overlooked in our present style of education. Now, considering that it is the first step to general popularity — (that general popularity, to be turned, like a patriot’s, to particular account) — considering that it is the great general principle of conciliation towards East Indian uncles and independent aunts, it shows how much real utility is forgotten, when the science of listening is not made a prominent branch of instruction. So many act on the mistaken principle, that mere hearing is listening — the eyes, believe me, listen even better than the ears — there ought to be a professor of listening. We recommend this to the attention of the London University, or the new King's College ; both professing to improve the system of education. Under the head of listening, is to be included the arts of opportune questionings and judicious negatives — those negatives which, like certain votes, become, after a time, affirmatives."

"One eare it heard, at the other out it went."

"All lies and jest, still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."

"Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear."

"Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius, Had you a healthful ear to hear of it."

"I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death."

"Where more is meant than meets the ear."

"Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?"

"Little pitchers have wide ears."

"He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;— In short, there never was a better hearer."

"Your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice."

"Alcmaeon was, says [J.] Wachtler, the first who attempted to explain the phenomenon of sound and our perception of it by reference to the structure of the ear itself. Empedocles to some extent follows or agrees with him. ...Empedocles teaches that hearing is caused by the impact of the air-wave against the cartilage which is suspended within the ear, oscillating as it is struck, like a gong."

"A few strong instincts and a few plain rules."

"Great bodies of people are never responsible for what they do. They are driven by instincts that are not within their control."

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

"Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness."

"Instinct is a great matter; I was a coward on instinct."

"Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride."

"How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!"

"But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit."

"Great thoughts, great feelings, came to them, Like instincts, unawares."

"A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things: It was the eager wish to soar That gave the gods their wings. * * * * * There throbs through all the worlds that are This heart-beat hot and strong, And shaken systems, star by star, Awake and glow in song."

"The Savage interrupted him. "But isn't it natural to feel there's a God?""

"Nous n'écoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les nôtres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu."

"Ein guter Mensch in seinem dunkeln Drange Ist sich des rechten Weges wohl bewusst."

"Instinct is the nose of the mind."

"Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out."

"Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, While meaner creatures, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray."