3,439 Quotes About Words

The early dew-falls that did a pristine coating,over the woods with its finest transparency,glazed as like its wet white-glassy earrings that hung on the ears of wild flowers—unlatched my fancy.

Taking a deep breath, words floating through my head.

Be mindful of your thoughts and words for they are the pen writing that which will manifest.

Your eyes will contradict your words if your words contradict your thoughts and feelings.

It is certainly true that ‘actions speak louder than words,’ but words become as monuments to thoughts.

I wear the universe backwards. I imagine putting stars in my coffee, and sugar in the sky. I imagine going fishing in clouds, and watching the sun hide behind lakes. I'm too busy dancing with my imagination to even tip toe with reality for a second. They say I'm going mad. They're right.

Words can be preserved, experience cannot. And that's why humanity clings to its words.

Finally, we entered Chetaube County, my imaginary birthplace, where the names of the little winding roads and minuscule mountain communities never failed to inspire me: Yardscrabble, Big Log, Upper, Middle and Lower Pigsty, Chicken Scratch, Cooterville, Felchville, Dust Rag, Dough Bag, Uranus Ridge, Big Bottom, Hooter Holler, Quickskillet, Buck Wallow, Possum Strut ... We always say a picture speaks a thousand words, but isn’t the opposite equally true?

Words alone cannot convey the suffering. Words alone cannot prevent. What happened or from happening again.Beyond words lies experience. Beyond experience lies truth.Make this truth your own.