“ I've never subscribed to the "words can never hurt me" point of view. Because if words can't hurt, then neither can they help or heal or inspire. Yes, words can brutalize. They can shame and scar. But… Brian Holguin
“ The word is a prism through which the two beams shot from heart and head are refracted into the colours of the Universe. Paul Grimsley
“ Language does have the power to change reality. Therefore, treat your words as the mighty instruments they are - to heal, to bring into being, to remove, as if by magic, the terrible violations of chi… Daphne Rose Kingma
“ You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness. Sarah Kay
“ The next time you try to seduce anyone, don't do it with talk, with words. Women know more about words than men ever will. And they know how little they can ever possibly mean. William Faulkner
“ Most of the words we use in history and everyday speech are like mental depth charges. As they descend [through our consciousness] and detonate, their resonant power is unleashed, showering our unders… James Axtell
“ Wordsare powerfulforces of nature.they are destruction.they are nourishment. they are flesh. they are water.they are flowers and bone.they burn. they cleansethey erase. they etch. they can eitherleave… Sanober Khan
“ We are what our thoughts have made us so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live they travel far. Swami Vivekananda
“ Kind words are a creative force, a power that concurs in the building up of all that is good, and energy that showers blessings upon the world. Lawrence G. Lovasik
“ Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. Edgar Allan Poe
“ Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence. Norman O. Brown
“ Poetry is not only a set of words which are chosen to relate to each other it is something which goes much further than that to provide a glimpse of our vision of the world. Tahar Ben Jelloun
