Tongues Quotes

“I cut off his fingers to get him to talk, and when he'd confessed everything I wanted to hear, I had his fucking tongue cut out, and the stump cauterized."

Everyone in the room stared at him.

"I called him an asshole, too," said Locke. "He didn't like that.”
― Scott Lynch, The Lies of Locke Lamora

“I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search. I have been hearing wisdom from tongues I did not want to listen. I have been finding beauty where I did not want to look. And I have learned so much from journeys I did not want to take. Forgive me, O Gracious One; for I have been closing my ears and eyes for too long. I have learned that miracles are only called miracles because they are often witnessed by only those who can can see through all of life's illusions. I am ready to see what really exists on other side, what exists behind the blinds, and taste all the ugly fruit instead of all that looks right, plump and ripe.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A nervous silence loosens tongues”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen

“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“you give up on trying to make it perfect
on trying to weave each strand seamlessly into the next

you can’t braid layered hair without the fringes sticking out”
― Ayse Guvenilir, Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

“When he meets my eyes, his expression is anguished. He cannot help me.

I fight as they press me down to the floor. Bite when they try to pry open my mouth.

But it's all for nothing. Two soldiers hold my wrists, and a third hooks a barbed instrument through the end of my tongue. He pulls it taut.

Then a fourth begins slicing through it with a curved dagger.

The sharp, searing pain makes me want to cry out, but I cannot with my tongue nailed in place. My mouth goes from dry from being held open to full of blood. Flooded with it. Gagging. Drowning. I choke as they release me, the scream dying in my throat.

Scarlet flows over my chin. When I move, flecks of red fly.

The pain swallows me whole so that I barely can concentrate, but I know I am losing too much blood. It spills from between my lips, slicks my neck, stains the collar of my dress. This is going to kill me. I am going to die, here on the ice floor of the Citadel.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“In his sermon on the baptism of the Spirit, Chamberlain points out Peter's focus in Acts 2. The amazing work of enabling the apostles to speak languages in which they had not been trained drew the attention of the crowd so Peter could address them. No doubt, they wanted an in-depth explanation. But Peter uses this incident to point to Christ and uses the attention he has to fully explain the Gospel – NOT to sensationalize a gift of the Spirit.”
― Daniel Chamberlain

“I've loved dogs so fondly, to be fearful of slobbering tongues”
― Jazz Feylynn

“Another purpose for speaking in tongues is the edification of the church.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The gift of speaking in tongues enables us to experience deeper prayer and thanksgiving”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The Holy Spirit is given to us in order for us to be like fire, when we speak in tongues.”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Latin is a dead tongue
And Romans made songs!
Then no one disagree:
It delighted them in theory
Now it's "the Latin" in me.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, ACross Tic

“Let us take our tongues and stick them out and waggle them in the wind. Let us walk, loving, let us walk and love, walking along, loving.”
― Meia Geddes

“Junk food is television for tongues.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If we had to speak our mind face to face,
Would we be as courageous to ridicule and lambaste?
Would we with sharpened tongues be so quick to disgrace?
If we had to speak our minds face to face”
― Charmaine J Forde

“One major problem is the Biblical ignorance of so many ministers. This is understandable among those who do not believe the Scripture, but it is inexcusable among conservative ministers. Too many preachers are not capable of studying for themselves and so are mainly dependent on commentaries. Too many preachers are busy with methods and programs and do not (in fact, cannot) study the Bible accurately. Therefore, unless there is a verse which solves the problem by direct statement, they have neither the interest nor the ability to come to an accurate position based on the entire tenor of Scripture. These ministers, many of whom do not believe in tongues, are not sure enough to speak against the present tongues movement. Lacking enough insight to see that this neutral position is impossible, they leave their people wide open to all kinds of experiences and to unsound spiritual influences. If someone opens himself to the spiritual influences present, no matter what his intentions and how pure his motives. if the spirit is false, he may come under its influence.”
― Thomas R. Edgar, Miraculous Gifts: Are They for Today?

“Speaking in tongues helps you pray with the extensive vocabulary of heaven in a way that adequately captures the essence and earnestness of your prayers”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“When you pray in tongues, the Word of God opens up to you. The same Spirit who inspired the written Word will make the scriptures come alive within you.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“When you pray in tongues consistently, your spirit-man will gain the governing and controlling influence over your sense-ruled self. Your appetite for carnal things would begin to lose its grip.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“Praying in tongues gives God legal access to move mysteriously and miraculously in your life in a way that will render the plans of the enemy null, void, ineffective and inoperative.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“When you pray in tongues, you speak into existence the plans and purposes of God for your life. You establish the counsels of God for your life and much more.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“Praying in tongues consistently paves the way for a deeper dimension of the same Spirit of God. You could go ankle-deep, knee-deep, waist-deep till you experience the overflow. Even at that, you could still go deeper. No holds barred!”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“Praying in tongues increases your spiritual sensitivity. Your knowing nature becomes clearer and more accurate.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“When you pray in tongues regularly, God will give you prayer points in understanding (via dreams and visions) that you will have to pray according to scriptures and also in tongues.”
― Gabriel Ladokun

“A short tongue prolongs life.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The tongue has no bones, but it can break you down.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“The worst form of laziness is when you are lazy to move your tongue.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Our tongues danced- not a waltz of a minuet, but a war dance, a death dance of bone drums and screaming fiddles.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“A tongue stings stronger than a bee.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov