eloquence

In my opinion, it was chiefly owing to their deep contemplation in their silent retreats in the days of youth that the old Indian orators acquired the habit of carefully arranging their thoughts.They listened to the warbling of birds and noted the grandeur and the beauties of the forest. The majestic clouds__hich appear like mountains of granite floating in the air__he golden tints of a summer evening sky, and the changes of nature, possessed a mysterious significance.All of this combined to furnish ample matter for reflection to the contemplating youth.

in prayer, God does want your words, he wants your heart. He doesn__ track your eloquence, he treasures your soul.

In prayer, God doesn__ want your words, he wants your heart. He doesn__ track your eloquence, he treasures your soul.

Good communication has just a little to do with eloquence. It's character that makes it more successful. Harsh words nicely articulated are sharp enough to kill your brand!

Anything you say at this point cannot be trusted. You know I am well and truly angry, so you are in the grip of fear. This means I cannot trust any word you say, as it comes from fear. You are clever, and charming, and a liar. I know you can bend the world with your words. So I will not listen.

I try to think of things to say but nothing comes, and if something did come I probably couldn't say it. This is my great obstacle, the biggest of all the boulders littering my path. In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, it all collapses.

[Giordano] Bruno died, despised and suffering, after eight years of agony. From that moment, his works have attracted interest, and he has long been recognized as an important figure in the development of modern thought. Nevertheless, few are familiar with the many and often bewildering pages of his writings. His Italian works have their place in the history of Italian literature. The Latin works in prose and verse are much more bulky and diffuse, but the few who grapple with them are rewarded by passages of great beauty and eloquence.

I may be deprived of eloquence, but my mind can never be a dumb.

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Eloquence is the poetry of prose.

Thoughts that breathe and words that burn.

The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary and nothing but what is necessary.