Word Quotes

Of all you’ve used against me, the worst has been my words.

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words.

Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

Ive learned never to try and force words to come.

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. That’s how the world is going to end.

Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.