D. Elton Trueblood Quotes

We can never know, for the good reason that writing is the destruction of every voice, every origin. Writing is that neuter, that composite, that obliquity into which our subject flees, the black-and-white where all identity is lost, beginning with the very identity of the body that writes.

For me, the monologue was the favorite thing I had done in radio. It was based on writing, but in the end it was radio, it was standing up and leaning forward into the dark and talking, letting words come out of you.

I'm not rapping, I'm conversing. It's just a conversation between me and you.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

It's a luxury to be understood.

Greatness really consists in doing some great deed with little means.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them.

A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.

The real meaning of the spoken word has to be demonstrated by practical deeds

Listening is one of the forms of love.

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.

Your partner cannot read your mind, so talk to your partner about how you're feeling and what you need.

People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant... it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.

Even if you got rid of paper, you would still have story-tellers. In fact, you had the story-tellers before you had the paper.

Listening is love in action.

Every minister, lecturer and public speaker know the discouragement of pouring himself of herself out to an audience and not receiving a single ripple of appreciative comment.

As long as I can reach somebody, then I feel like I'm doing my job.

Women tell us that they do feel patronized. They do feel like they don't have the time and the space to have their questions answered.

It is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom. . . . So often, our acts of service consist of simple encouragement or of giving . . . help with mundane tasks, but what glorious consequences can flow . . . from small but deliberate deeds!

I think listening to people is helpful.

The written word endures, the spoken word disappears

And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!