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Speak Quotes by Thomas Merton
- God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably.... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend.…
- I seek to speak to you, in some way, as your own self. Who can tell what this may meanI myself do not know, but…
- Teach me to take all grace / And spring it into blades of act, / Grow spears and sheaves of charity, / While each new…
- The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony…
- In meditative prayer, one thinks and speaks not only with the mind and lips, but in a certain sense with one's whole being... All good…
- A tree gives glory to God by being a tree. For in being what God means it to be it is obeying [God]. It “consents,”…
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- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. — Jane Austen
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak… — Francis Bacon
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
- I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak. — Stephen Baldwin
- It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. — Arthur Balfour
- Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we… — J. G. Ballard
- I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed. — Brigitte Bardot
- Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead. — Daniel Barenboim