“Genuine listening means suspending memory, desire, and judgment — and, for a moment at least, existing for the other person. ”

“Being mindful means that we suspend judgment for a time, set aside our immediate goals for the future, and take in the present moment as it is rather than as we would like it to be.”

“He liked the fragility of those moments suspended in time. Those memories whose only function is to leave just a trace in memory.”

“Conditions of thought, memory, and desire, persuaded by impulse and irrationality, are influenced as well by personal aesthetics and private meanings.”

“Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (attr to J. Isham)”

“Charm is often despised but I can never see why. No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.”