“God speaks to us every day only we don’t know how to listen.”
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Popular and consonant with Gandhi's 'inner voice' theme, but every hit is a quote aggregator or anthology with no primary citation; without a source it stays commonly_attributed, not verified.
Likely origin: Widely circulated as Gandhi across quote sites and anthologies (e.g. 'The Gandhi Reader'), but no dated primary source (Young India/Harijan/CWMG) located.
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The claim isn't that guidance is rare but that our attention is scarce. Signals — from conscience, from other people, from quiet moments — arrive constantly and get drowned out by noise and hurry. Listening well is a skill that takes stillness and a willingness to stop talking.
When to use it
- A manager who finally stops interrupting hears the real reason an employee is about to quit.
- Someone who turns off the podcast on their walk notices the worry they'd been avoiding all week.
- A couple who set their phones down at dinner start catching what the other actually means.