I'm still happy with the way Einstein's Dreams came out. That book came out of a single inspiration. I really felt like I was not creating the words, that I was hearing the words. That someone else was speaking the words to me and I was just writing them down. It was a very strange experience. That can happen with a short book. I don't think it could happen with a long book.
God is speaking to all of us, all the time. The question is not, to whom does God talk? The question is, who listens?
The evangelical and religious community has much to contribute to our politics, yet our laws prevent you from speaking your minds from your own pulpits.
It does influence every part of your life and it influences every decision you make. (speaking about faith)
The only relevant side is that of the law and the Constitution. We do great injury to the integrity of the court system when we start speaking of sides and stop devoting ourselves to the pursuit of impartial justice.
That's one of the most important things about acting is not just when you're speaking but when you're taking in from someone else. So I often go to the theater and I'm watching the person who's not talking. I love that.
Donald Trump is speaking on behalf of the White House, of the executive branch of the United States. Credibility matters.
Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.
This is the whole ball game, and this is what I really want to say. I'm proud that journalists are standing up, individually, speaking up in ways that we rarely see. They're not anti-Trump. They're pro-democracy.
We are not anti-American. We do not dislike Americans though we abhor American imperialism in all its manifestations. But then, so do many Americans. Many of them have said that even more forthrightly than we have, and many of them have suffered more than any of us for their plain speaking.
Identity politics are wearisome; you don't want to go on speaking for any one group as a writer.
In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin. We are not speaking of a wholesome view of self-worth, which is best established by a close relationship with God. But we are speaking of pride as the universal sin, as someone has described it. . . . Essentially, pride is a "my will" rather than "thy will" approach to life. The opposite of pride is humbleness, meekness, submissiveness, or teachableness.
When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?
You never need to defend yourself or your desires to anyone, as those inner feelings are Spirit speaking to you. Those thoughts are sacred, so don't ever let anyone trample on them.
When people think you are speaking against them as a group, they try to shut it down out here.
Because they knew each other's thoughts, they even quarrelled without speaking.
I'm speaking of the ability of people of faith to freely express their beliefs in the public square.
In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.
Speaking of Satan, I was watching Rush Limbaugh the other day.
How precious is the family as the privileged place for transmitting the faith! Speaking about family life, I would like to say one thing: today, as Brazil and the Church around the world celebrate this feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents Day is also being celebrated. How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage which is so essential for each and every society! How important it is to have intergenerational exchanges and dialogues, especially within the context of the family.