Rafi Zabor quotes

Rafi Zabor quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“God speaks as softly as he can and as loud as he has to.”
-- Rafi Zabor

#Angel Quotes #Speak Quotes #Loud Quotes

“If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a music grander and sweeter even than the song of angels, when the great Composer shall transpose all the strains of earth from the minor into the major, when the wail of nature shall give way to the glad harmony of the everlasting jubilee.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 555, 1895.
“Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joyâ€™s garden blossomed.”

Source : Aberjhani (2010). “The River of Winged Dreams”, p.19, Lulu.com
“Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books both true, Both wise, and both delightful too. And since Love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as Guardian angels are, Only belov'd and loving me.”
“Every time I travel, government TSA officials seem to recognize that I'm a Muslim and 'randomly' pull me aside for 'special treatment'. My sincere hope and prayer is that, on the Day of Judgment, my Lord's angels also recognize me as a Muslim and pull me aside for special treatment”
“She was my sacred angel that I could never violate. Reira was my sanctuary. I needed something solid like that in this dirty, disappointing world.”
“We reached the point where weapons should go silent and ideas speak.”

Source : "The Crisis in a Nutshell: Quotes of the Week" by Aswini Periyasamy, www.newyorker.com. March 22, 2013.
“Gore speaks to America as if English is its second language; George W. speaks as if English is his second language.”
“I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.”
“Live by faith. Live out loud. And never stop believing God-day by day.”
“I love good, loud speakers.”

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