Audrey McLaughlin famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
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The past is so often unknowable not because it is befogged now but because it was befogged then, too, back when it was still the present. If we had been there listening, we still might not have been able to determine exactly what Stanton said. All we know for sure is that everyone was weeping, and the room was full.
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There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.
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The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind. Listening is much more effective than trying to stop thought or cut it off.
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Regarding this Dhamma, it is not something that we can simply talk about or take another's word for it. We need to develop meditation so that the understanding arises clearly within oneself. It is not the case that merely by listening to another's explanation our defilements will disappear. When we gain some understanding we need to chew on it again so that we see it for ourselves with certainty: paccattam.
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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All I want to see from an actor is the intensity and accuracy of their listening.
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John Coltrane - I've been listening to the 'Trane again. It blows you away, because I know more now and I hear more now and I had a life that I've lived!
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