Terry Tempest Williams Quotes About Listening

Quotes about: Listening

• The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinion? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up, trusting our fellow citizens to join us in our determined pursuit-a living democracy?

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Trust, Giving Up, Home

  Terry Tempest Williams (2010). “The Open Space of Democracy”, p.83, Wipf and Stock Publishers

• The unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Space, Listening, Despair

  Terry Tempest Williams (2012). “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice”, p.59, Macmillan

• I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Power, Community, Listening

  Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

• I think it could be argued that I am not heard, in the broadest sense. That is not my concern. My concern, a question really, is, do I have the courage to speak? If I speak I believe someone will respond. It then becomes my responsibility to listen to that person. And in listening, together we create a space where people can be heard. It's the conversation that I care most deeply about; this is the space I want to honor, respect, and protect. This is my faith in the open space of democracy.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Believe, Responsibility, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

• It was fascinating listening to this wonderful biologist, Sarah Allen Miller, speak of her relationship to these beings for 20 years.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Years, Listening, Speak

  Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

• Story is a relationship between the teller and the listener, a responsibility. After the listening you become accountable for the sacred knowledge that has been shared.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Responsibility, Listening, Stories

  Terry Tempest Williams (1984). “Pieces of White Shell: A Journey to Navajoland”, p.130, UNM Press

• Each voice is distinct and has something to say. Each voice deserves to be heard. But it requires the act of listening.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Voice, Listening, Heard

  Terry Tempest Williams (2012). “When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice”, p.22, Macmillan

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