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"If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music Would you hold it near as it were your own?"
"My voice has a quiver/ A quiver is where you keep arrows until you shoot them."
"There will always be dissident voices heard in the land, expressing opposition without alternatives, finding fault but never favor, perceiving gloom on every side and seeking influence without responsibility."
"Music, when soft voices die Vibrates in the memory."
"To ignore or use silence is a cruel tool. Hence this quote: Silence is all we dread; there's ransom in a voice; but silence is infinity."
"I remember thinking how often we look, but never see ... we listen, but never hear ... we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive."
"The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail."
"All that you seek is already within you. In Hinduism it is called the Atman, in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Christ said, 'the kingdom of heaven is within you.' Quakers call it the ‘still small voice within.’ This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with all the universe, and thus is wisdom itself."
"Women are in a position now to voice their opinion... women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn't have a daughter, I didn't understand."
"The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup."
"Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us."
"God be thanked for books! They are the voices of the distant and the dead."
"The brassy wood-pigeons Bubble their colourful voices, and the sun Rises upon a world well-tried and old."
"There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner voice, and when I feel more need than ever for a Pleyel piano."
"Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart."
"When you engage in a work that taps your talent and fuels your passion-that rises out of a great need in the world that you feel drawn by conscience to meet-therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul's code."
"We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced"
"A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard... Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides."
"Every moment, a voice, out of this world, calls on our soul, to wake up and rise."
"There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes."
