“Live without pretending, Love without depending, Listen without defending, Speak without offending.”
“I love body language, because I can speak it without talking, without listening, and while my back is turned.”
“Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.”
“Love without truth and honor is licentious in nature. Love without commitment is promiscuous and fleeting. Love without virtue and understanding is savage and selfish. Love without respect is short-lived. Love without these conditions is without God.”
“Without living, how can you know? Without knowing, how can you speak?”
“It taught him how to listen -- how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.”