“You need to train yourself to be comfortable with silence, particularly when dealing with cultures that respect silence more than we do in the West.”

“Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience”

“Essential to time-management is a change in focus, a change from being busy to a focus on outcomes”

“Essential to time-management is a change in focus, a change from being ‘busy’ to a focus on outcomes”

“Song of myselfNow I will do nothing but listen, To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute toward it. I hear bravuras of birds, bustle of growing wheat, gossip of flames, clack ...”

“Learn when to talk and when to listen. If you're unsure, listen.”

“The Genie declared that in his time and place there were scientists of the passions who maintained that language itself, on the one hand, originated in 'infantile pregenital erotic exuberance, poly...”

“Anyone who takes the time to attentively listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.”

“Listen to others very carefully. Shut your inner noise and focus on verbal and non verbal cues.”

“So many words get lost. They leave the mouth and lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days, you can hear their chorus rushing past...”

“You can listen to silence, Reuven. I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. It talks to me sometimes. I feel myself aliv...”

“Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.”