"The first duty of love is to listen."

“When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.”

"To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening."

"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say."

"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak."

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."

"Listening is being able to be changed by the other person."