Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong

He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves read more

He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than
discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out
like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be read more

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.

The most precious things in speech are the pauses.