Quote of the Day (Richard Carlson, on Why You Should ‘Listen With a Quieter Mind’)

“When you listen with a quieter mind to your loved ones, coworkers, educators, or anyone else with whom it's crucial that you really hear what's being said, both you and the person you're listening to will sense a world of difference.”— American author, psychotherapist, and motivational speaker Richard Carlson (1961-2006), Easier Than You Think...Because Life Doesn't Have to be So Hard (2005)

Quote of the Day (Feist, on the ‘Quiet Little Line’ Between Writing Music and Listening to It)

“I always think about how I'm in my room alone writing it, and eventually most people listen to music alone. So there's actually a quiet little direct line between writing and listening. It's a strange bubble of solitude, because you're linked, but you don't know each other, yet you're communicating.''—Canadian singer-songwriter Feist in Jon Pareles, “The Bounty of Solitude,” The New York Times, Sept. 18, 2011

The image accompanying this post, showing Feist at Day 2 of Coachella, was taken April 21, 2012 by Jason Persse.

Quote of the Day (Celeste Headlee, on the Need to Talk and Listen to One Another)

“We must learn how to talk to one another and, more important, listen to one other. We must learn to talk to people we disagree with, because you can’t unfriend everyone in real life.”— Public radio journalist Celeste Headlee, We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter (2017)

The accompanying image of Celeste Headlee was taken Apr. 4, 2012, by Sheryl Victor Levy.

Quote of the Day (Kate Murphy, on Digital Distraction vs. Listening)

“Digital distraction keeps the mind occupied but does little to nurture it, much less cultivate depth of feeling, which requires the resonance of another’s voice within our very bones and psyches. To really listen is to be moved physically, chemically, emotionally, and intellectually by another person’s narrative.”—American journalist Kate Murphy, You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters (2020)

(The image accompanying this post is from THE BIG BANG THEORY. In this scene, the show’s nerd-geniuses are caught up in their video games, with zero interest in their significant others.)