Relational Listening Quotes

#1. I wanta buy stuff. Stuff I don't need ... Stuff settin' out there, you jus' feel like buyin' it whether you need it or not.
-Uncle John

John Steinbeck

#2. Kind, reasonable, thoughtful. It wasn't 'love' or an admission of wild, passionate feelings, but he realized he liked her three words more. 'Love' would have been easy, another easy lie in a long line of lies. 'Love' would be easy to dismiss.

Amy Tintera

#3. When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.

Maya Angelou

#4. He's putting a lot of cards down on the table," Trey said thoughtfully, taking a step forward. "And Matthias is never one to share something for free if he could charge for it."
"And you're not normally one to think for himself," Matthias said pleasantly. "I suppose we're all growing as people.

Scott Tracey

#5. It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.

William Butler Yeats

#6. Our trees
were nuns at the edge of our plans, praying for us

Sue Goyette

#7. I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#8. Like the baby bird that flies the nest too soon, because it can't comprehend anything better to do. Freedom is still freedom, even when it ends in a suicide song.

Anonymous

#9. With Lady Gaga I really stretched myself as a creative director, and because I was with this artist from before she got signed I was able to really take control of the opportunity and execute as a creative director.

Laurieann Gibson

#10. The time has come for women and men to band together to jointly create gender harmony. We must gather in mixed group to plumb new depths of relational awareness, courageous truth-telling, compassionate listening, empathic sensitivity, and mutual healing.

William Keepin

#11. If you try to keep your most sacred ambitions off of your weekly calendar and your most genuine traits off of your resume, then you're missing out on the power of real integrity.

Danielle LaPorte

#12. Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes.

Eckhart Tolle

#13. I spotted Mr. Reyes Farrow standing next to his stunning '70 Plymouth 'Cuda. Classic. Dark. And all muscle. The car was hot, too.

Darynda Jones

#14. Things haven't always been this bad. Therefore, they won't always be this bad.

Carrie Fletcher

#15. Appearances have enormous importance, Mr. Kessler. The creation and maintenance of appearances. Appearances govern.

David Quammen