Words Quotes

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words.

Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words.

Train your eyes and ears; train your nose and tongue. The senses are good friends when they are trained. Train your body in deeds, train your tongue in words, train your mind in thoughts. This training will take you beyond sorrow.

Good people keep on walking whatever happens. They do not speak vain words and are the same in good fortune and bad. If one desires neither children nor wealth nor power nor success by unfair means, know such a one to be good, wise and virtuous.

Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words; Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher; Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation; And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

The meaning of the living words that come out of the experiences of great hearts can never be exhausted by any one system of logical interpretation. They have to be endlessly explained by the commentaries of individual lives, and they gain an added mystery in each new revelation.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

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

Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

I understand a fury in your words. But not your words.