Astonishment Quote by George Steiner

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

If we are not most careful with our thoughts and speech, the words we use will use us. Language has its own ethics, and…

— Ted E. Brewerton

“What I heard and saw was a charge to declare his Holy Word in all the wisdom of its counsel and wonder of its…

— Lisa Bevere

Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature, the devil,…

— Martin Luther

“Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into…

— Daphne Rose Kingma

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways. I am sensible of the fact that they are indescribable and inscrutable. But if mortal man…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“for human beings, not to speak is to die" -from "The Word”

— Pablo Neruda

“Human words are very powerful—even simple ones. They can create or they can destroy, depending on what is said and how it is said.…

— Tara Pollard

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

— Gabriela Mistral

Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.

— Mahatma Gandhi

...words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at once the…

— Frederick Buechner

“A Christian’s speech should bless, not berate or abuse. The tongue betrays the world that is in one’s heart; it is a microcosm of…

— Richard J. Foster