"All names of God remain hallowed because they have been used not only to speak of God but also to speak to him."
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"I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition."
"The music speaks for itself!"
"The sky is full of tokens which speak to the intelligent."
"What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence."
"The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction."
"I cannot speak In happy tones; the tear drops on my cheek Show I am sad; But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek, Until made glad."
"When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well."
"Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave."
"The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis."
"I come here to speak poetry. It will always be in the grass. It will also be necessary to bend down to hear it. It will always be too simple to be discussed in assemblies."
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
"With few words, one can speak the truth."
"When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'."
"Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest."
"Thou speak'st like him's untutored to repeat: Who makes the fairest show means most deceit."
"The women in my life have all been librarians, English teachers, or booksellers. If they couldn't speak pidgin Tolstoy, articulate Henry James, or give me directions to Usher and Ox, it was no go. I have always longed for education, and pillow talk's the best."
"Speak softly, I'm getting my massage."
"Learn to speak by listening."
"My soul is my guide, for my soul is of that abode. I will not speak of the earthly. I am of the unknown"