“To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen.”
-Miri Yū , Tokyo Ueno Station
It’s much easier to always speak than listen because speaking is much more natural than just listening.
Speaking is judging what you want to say.
Listening is more about understanding.
Think for a second, why do we have two ears rather than one mouth?
Maybe because listening is much more beneficial than talking.
I’m not saying that talking is bad.
The point is it’s the humility that you show, rather than the pride, that gives the conversation more complexity.
Richard P. Feynman talks about it perfectly…
”Knowledge isn’t free. You have to pay attention.”
To pay attention requires listening so that you gain knowledge.
Mark Tacastacas 
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