To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.

A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice.

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker.

No one is listening until you fart.

There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head.

It is said in Java that the tiger's hearing is so acute that hunters must keep their nose hairs cut lest the tiger hear the breath whistle through their nostrils.

A good listener is a silent flatterer.