To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling with what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all -- such listening is rare.

— Abraham H. Maslow

He desperately wants you to know Him. So many people believe in God, but they don't really know Him. And because they don't really know Him, they are lukewarm. The truth is, if you truly knew Him, you couldn't be lukewarm or halfhearted. If you remain lukewarm, maybe it's because you don't know who God really is.

— Craig Groeschel

I happen to be really a romantic.

— Amanda Seyfried

Fashion shows are really my way of communication.

— Dries van Noten

Wrap parties can be really sad, actually, disorienting.

— Josh Lucas

Infinite possibilities exist by keeping focus on what you really want to create your bliss.

— Steven Redhead

One of the greatest tragedies of life is to work your life away only to realise later that you never really did live.

— Topsy Gift

32. Before you criticize your parents for their failures and mistakes, ask yourself: “Will I really do that much better with my own children?” The job is tougher than it looks, and mistakes are inevitable!

— James C. Dobson

All of technology, really, is about maximizing free options.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Fairness is what justice really is.

— Potter Stewart