"Silence is God's first language." — John of the Cross

More First Language Quotes

This quote is filed under First Language Quotes, one of 26 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

• God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation. — Thomas Keating
• French was my first language. — Bob Cousy
• I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I… — Edward Said
• Our parents taught us to love God, love our family and love our country. Their own grandparents were immigrants. Their… — Martin O'Malley
• I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language. — Odette Annable
• My first language is Gaelic. — Enya
• Touch is the first language we speak. — Stephen Gaskin
• We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second. — Adam Gopnik
• My father is Cuban. Spanish was my first language, but I don't speak it that much anymore because I had… — Bella Thorne
• I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking. — Robert Stack
• Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language. — Christopher Walken
• I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my… — Louis Begley

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