Quotes about Expression
I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.
— John Piper
I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed.
— John Piper
The thing signified by that name, the glory of God, when spoken of as the supreme and ultimate102 end of all God's works, is the emanation and true external expression of God's internal glory and fullness; meaning
— John Piper
The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it.
— John Updike
I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head.
— John Updike
The merciful provisions of the law extend even to the lower animals, which cannot express in words their want and suffering.
— Ellen White
It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance.
— Ellen White
Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?
— Ellen Glasgow
Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.
— Elton John
More to the point, there are times when dancing on tables is the most authentic prayer in reach, even if it pocks the table and clears the room.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Don't use your words to describe your reality. Use your words to create your desired reality.
— Bo Sanchez