“Wise people listen to your words. Learned people listen to their interpretation of your words.”

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Meaning

This draws a line between hearing words and reading intent. It can be taken to mean that wisdom responds to what is said, while learning also notices subtext and inference, and it lands in conversations where people hear the same sentence but understand it very differently.

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Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

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About Dr. Asoka Jinadasa

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