It is in taking a great thought and wrapping the entirety of it in a handful of simple words that the rouge defenses of the heart are breeched and the soul falls to the light.

Words caught in the warm wrap of melodies can deliver those words with a potency unimagined.

The state of our hearts can be determined by the weight of our words.

Words are precious vessels that carry within them meaning sufficiently stalwart to transform lives and alter the course of nations. And because of the commanding power that is housed within them, I prefer to say one word filled with its meaning than utter a thousand others that I have emptied of their meaning.

Five of the most dangerous words I know: ‘What’s in it for me?

For the thinking person it’s not how many words you use, but how few you use, up to and including using none.

Words are not given depth by the richness of them or the manner in which they are thoughtfully woven together in perfect syntax. Rather, they are given depth when what they speak is truth regardless of how rich the words or perfect the syntax.

Whatever is written is but a silent voice, unheard until it is given a voice in the reading.

We can say a thousand things and not do a single thing. And if that’s what we’re doing, we’re wasting everything.