“Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.”

“You are what you practice most.”

“slowing down your responses and becoming a better listeners aids you in becoming a more peaceful person”

“Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond.”

“What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.”

“Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can be described as a series of mistakes, one right after another with a little space in between.”

“Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.”