<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Listening is not silence alone. It is active... > Listening is not silence alone. It is active orientation toward meaning, emotion, context, and the need beneath the sentence. A quiet person can still be absent while an engaged question can demonstrate profound attention. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Discipline of Genuine Listening - Workbook|The Discipline of Genuine Listening]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Listening is not silence alone. It is active orientation toward meaning, emotion, context, and the need beneath the sentence. A quiet person can still be absent while an engaged question can demonstrate profound attention.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-listening-silence-alone-demonstrate-profound-attention ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->