A Quote by David Augsburger

Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.

David Augsburger

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Almost Average Average Person Being Being Loved Close Heard Loved Person

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David Augsburger
American - Author

Years ago I went to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem and did what all tourists there do: wrote some words on a scrap of paper that I tucked into a crevice in the wall. When I closed my eyes and touched my head to the warm stone, it came to me: "All language is prayer." This must be so. Who is it we are speaking to when we speak to anyone? To that person, and also past him or her to Out There. If there is language, it means there is the possibility of being heard, being met, being loved. And reaching out to be heard, met, or loved is a holy act. Language is holy.

Zoketsu Norman Fischer

Love. It's so close to hate, it's almost indistinguishable.

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I ran over 10 years without missing a day, averaging close to 15 miles. I loved being able to run a long distance and get that feeling of strength and exhilaration from being in good shape. There was a meditative quality about it. Almost effortlessness. That's a special feeling.

Mark Parker

Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard.

Wayne Dyer

Being listened to and being heard is an experience that doesn't happen terribly often. To listen compassionately or nonjudgmentally to another person - not to get too heavy about it - but I once heard somebody say that was a form of real prayer.

Gabriel Byrne

Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.

Marianne Williamson

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Marlo Thomas

Being too early is indistinguishable from being wrong.

Tim O'Reilly

There is a timbre of voice that comes from not being heard and knowing / you are not being heard / noticed only by others / not heard for the same reason.

Audre Lorde

I believe that the average person can help a lot, not by giving material goods but by participating, by being part of the discussion, by being truly concerned about what is going on in the world.

Sebastiao Salgado

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.

Billie Eilish

Being alone is almost always preferable to being with the wrong person.

Amy Dickinson

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.

Johnny Cash

I'm not an outgoing person. Compared to an average person, I am quite skeptical and pessimistic. This is different from being nervous.

Kim Jee-woon

I loved baseball. I was a pitcher. I loved being on the mound because I also loved being at the center of the action, the cat and mouse battle with the batter on every pitch. You had to develop grit.