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Speaking Quotes (page 92)

Blaise Pascal quote: "Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity,..."
Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, skeptically of skepticism. Blaise Pascal
To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. you must change man, not systems. Can you and our vapouring friends of the Literary Chamber of Rennes, or any other learned society of France, devise a system of government that has never yet been tried? Surely not. And can we say of any system tried that it proved other than failure in the end? My dear Philippe, the future is to be read with certainty only in the past. Ad actu ad posse valet consecutio. Man never... Rafael Sabatini
The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change. Howard Zinn
For if the truth were known, Love cannot speak, But only thinks and does; Though surely out 'twill leak Without the help of Greek, Or any tongue. Henry David Thoreau
The muffled syllables that Nature speaks. Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard. George Santayana
In a manner of speaking. As we intend for you to found a dynasty. And that dynasty will rule society until it has progressed enough to-"Overthrow the dynasty in a revolutionary, blood filled coup!" Iggy said eagerly.We all looked at him."Just saying." He sheepishly took a bite of cookie. James Patterson
For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God. Alexander Dumas
But there must be a real giving up of the self. You must throw it away 'blindly' so to speak. Christ will indeed give you a real personality: but you must not go to Him for the sake of that. As long as your own personality is what you are bothering about you are not going to Him at all. The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It... C. S. Lewis
We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels & free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep & conformists. Bill Maher
Natalie Goldberg quote: "Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been..."
Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. Natalie Goldberg
I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead. Tom Stoppard
I wanted to say goodbye to someone, and have someone say goodbye to me. The goodbyes we speak and the goodbyes we hear are the goodbyes that tell us were still alive. Stephen King
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "Parla Come Mangi' --It is a common way to say 'be simple',..."
Parla Come Mangi' --It is a common way to say 'be simple', 'don't try to be rhetorical' literaly: 'speak the way you eat Elizabeth Gilbert
Don't try to steer the boat. Don't open shop for yourself. Listen. Keep silent. You are not God's mouthpiece. Try to be an ear, And if you do speak, ask for explanations. Rumi
Carl Jung quote: "We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly..."
We have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions. Carl Jung

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