Quotes about Words

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

One of the main tasks of theology is to find words that do not divide but unite, that do not create conflict but unity, that do not hurt but heal.

I can only speak for myself, and hope people hear my words and see me on television speaking for myself. And, hopefully, they'll be able to make their own judgment. And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

For they wished to fill the winepress of eloquence not with the tendrils of mere words but with the rich grape juice of good sense.

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach'

I am not yet so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Jesus as a concrete historical personality remains a stranger to our time, but His spirit, which lies hidden in His words, is known in simplicity, and its influence is direct.

The best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

Dalila: In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. Samson: For want of words, no doubt, or lack of breath!

His words… like so many nimble and airy servitors trip about him at command.

The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of the presence of God. Prayer becomes real when we grasp the reality and goodness of God's constant presence with 'the real me.' Jesus lived his everyday life in conscious awareness of his Father.