Listen vs Silent

Ever wondered why the words ' Listen ' and ' Silent ' are made up by the same letters? I have too and the reason is simple: to listen , you have to be silent . It's important to keep learning everyday, in fact, it's an attribute of life. The day you stop learning, you start dying. Now, one way to learn is to listen - pay attention; and you cannot do this by always having something to say! Sometimes, there's always the urge to air our opinion and thus we end up interrupting a what would have been a productive conversation.