Word for the wise quotes

#1. I am glad you are come. When I was in England I desired that some one would speak the Great Word to me. I will go up and speak to the wise men of our nation, and I hope they will hear. — Author: Tomochichi

#2. Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God. — Author: Warren W. Wiersbe

#3. You have the ability to control your thoughts. — Author: Lailah Gifty Akita

#4. The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. — Author: Francis Chan

#5. A word to the wise is sufficient — Author: Plautus

#6. He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the word of the wise man: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure. — Author: Charles Spurgeon

#7. Oft it may be chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were heedful for the wise to know. — Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

#8. word is like a sword; you should be wise when to use it or it’ll kill and ruin everything you did in your past, you’re doing at this time, and you’re gonna do in the future — Author: A. Vaidyanathan

#9. A word to the wise ain’t … — Author: Bill Cosby

#10. God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself. — Author: Pierre Charron

#11. A word to the wise isn’t as good as a word from the wise. — Author: Grenville Kleiser

#12. In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world. — Author: George Washington

#13. I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, «Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.» — Author: Francis Bacon

#14. A WORD TO THE WISE
Let the world pass in its time-ridden race;
never get caught in its snare.
Remember, the only acceptable case
for being in any particular place
is having no business there. — Author: Piet Hein

#15. A single wise word bringing peace to the listener is worth more than a thousand speeches of empty words. — Author: Thich Nhat Hanh

#16. A word to the wise is enough, and many words won’t fill a bushel. — Author: Benjamin Franklin

#17. Every church or individual Christian who claims to be Spirit-led must be Word-fed. If we want to know more of the Spirit’s power in our lives, we would be wise to fill ourselves with the riches of his — Author: Bob Kauflin

#18. The word enchant comes from the Latin ‘incantare’, meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds. — Author: Jonathan Goldman

#19. But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise. — Author: Origen

#20. Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough. — Author: Miguel De Cervantes

#21. 18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart. — Author: Anonymous

#22. Whenever a time arises where clarity is desired, it is always wise to reflect on the sage within. — Author: Sereda Aleta Dailey

#23. But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know. — Author: J.R.R. Tolkien

#24. Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working. — Author: Eric Maisel

#25. When the teachings of men conflict with the Word of God, it would be wise to go with God. -Henry M. Morris Ph.D. — Author: Amy Case

#26. Word to the wise writer … never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them … they sneak off with stuff. — Author: Ka Hancock

#27. If you find yourself in an interrogation room, you will probably do better if you have not spent a bit of time kneeling on a blood-soaked carpet. And it would be especially good if you didn’t have any of that blood smeared on your clothing and your hands. I’m just saying. A word to the wise. — Author: Victoria Abbott

#28. Stop now before i kill you a word to the wise from your friend PENNYWISE — Author: Stephen King

#29. Cause i really always knew that my little crime would be cold thats why i got heater for your thighs and i know i know its not your time but bye bye and word to the wise when the fire dies you think its over but its just begun — Author: Avenged Sevenfold

#30. A word to the wise is infuriating. — Author: Hunter S. Thompson

#31. Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know?’ River Song, A Good Man Goes to War — Author: Cavan Scott

#32. Pilgrims are persons in motion passing through territories not their own, seeking something we might call completion, or perhaps the word clarity will do as well, a goal to which only the spirit’s compass points the way. — Author: H. Richard Niebuhr

#33. The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. — Author: Henry Miller

#34. Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut. — Author: Wim Wenders

#35. No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath. — Author: Jonathan Swift

#36. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. — Author: O. Henry

#37. A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make sense. — Author: James Thurber

#38. Don’t look so stiff and concerned, bucko. Word from the wise, sometimes there’s no better place to hide than in the open, and no better way to disappear than to stand out.»
«That doesn’t make any sense.»
«Sure it does. Hogan wrote it years and years ago — you do know who Hogan is right? — Author: Gillian Bronte Adams

#39. If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony. — Author: Peter Kreeft

#40. Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — Author: William Wordsworth

#41. Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent. — Author: Johann Kaspar Lavater

#42. As they say, a word to the wise is sufficient. And here I’ve gone and written five paragraphs. — Author: Orson Scott Card

#43. Begin to read and mediate on the word of God. — Author: Lailah Gifty Akita

#44. It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one. — Author: Heraclitus

#45. People no longer need to go to church to hear the Word, which has been the selling point for local churches for the past fifty years. Because of this, church is becoming less of a possessor of knowledge (commodity) and more a communal hub. — Author: Justin Wise

#46. A word to the wise is
unnecessary. — Author: Evan Esar

#47. A word to the wise an’t nesisary its the stupid ones who need the edvise. — Author: Eliga H. Gould

#48. Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word ‘worship’ means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I’ll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you. — Author: Brendan Myers

#49. The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity. — Author: Sophocles

#50. A word to the wise is enough. — Author: Plautus

#51. A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need advice. — Author: Bill Cosby

#52. Why people use «Was» I have heard some people to say «I was a smart kid at school — Eminem», but why «Was», was is a word for describing the past… which will mean that has started and ended… so what??? How to get it now? You aren’t wise, are you? — Author: Deyth Banger

#53. A word to the wise: one, possibly two hashtags is usually plenty. Don’t give in to the temptation to pack your Tweets full of hashtags, because all the hyperlinks and # signs get messy in bulk. — Author: Laura Fitton

Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know?’ River Song, A Good Man Goes to War — Cavan Scott

A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift. — Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

A wise word of a stupid man is just a myth! A rock cannot emit light like a candle! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

As they say, a word to the wise is sufficient. And here I’ve gone and written five paragraphs. — Orson Scott Card

There’s writing power in one word sentences and one sentence paragraphs. Wise authors use them. -Judith Briles — Judith Briles

Not every wall needs a ceiling — Munia Khan

Word to the wise writer … never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them … they sneak off with stuff. — Ka Hancock

A word to the wise is sufficient — Plautus

Mother! what a world of affection is comprised in that single word; how little do we in the giddy round of youthful pleasure and folly heed her wise counsels. How lightly do we look upon that zealous care with which she guides our otherwise erring feet, watches with feelings which none but a mother can know the gradual expansion of our youth to the riper yours of discretion. We may not think of it then, but it will be recalled to our minds in after years, when the gloomy grave or a fearful living separation has placed her far beyond our reach, and her sweet voice of sympathy and consolation for the various ills attendant upon us sounds in our ears no more. How deeply then we regret a thousand deeds that we have done contrary to her gentle admonitions! How we sign for those days once more, that we may retrieve what we have done amiss and make her kind heart glad with happiness! Alas! once gone they can never be recalled, and we grow mournfully sad with the bitter reflection. — Fanny Kelly

Why do you wear those?» asked Lacuna.
I jumped, stumbled, and shouted half of a word to a spell, but since I was only halfway done putting on my underwear, I mostly just fell on my naked ass.’ «Gah!» I said. «Don’t do that!»
My miniature captive came to the edge of the dresser and peered down at me. «Don’t ask questions?» «Don’t come in here all quiet and spooky and scare me like that!»
«You’re six times my height, and fifty times my weight,» Lacuna said gravely. «And I’ve agreed to be your captive. You don’t have any reason to be afraid.»
«Not afraid,» I snapped back. «Startled. It isn’t wise to startle a wizard!»
«Why not?»
«Because of what could happen!»
«Because they might fall down on the floor?»
«No!» I snarled.Lacuna frowned and said, «You aren’t very good at answering questions.» I started shoving myself into my clothes. «I’m starting to agree with you. — Jim Butcher

A word to the wise ain’t necessary, it’s the stupid ones who need advice. — Bill Cosby

The word which gives the key to the national vice is waste. And people who are wasteful are not wise, neither can they remain young and vigorous. In order to transmute energy to higher and more subtle levels one must first conserve it. — Henry Miller

forgiveness. It’s also easier when we ask ourselves these questions. Why would we want to hold a grudge against someone who is struggling as much as we are? Why would we want to hold unforgiveness against someone who is weak like we are? Why would be want to regard as an enemy someone who is not, indeed, our enemy? When we apply this logic, choosing the good becomes not only simpler, but wise. Chapter 6: Walking Away from Unforgiveness Despite the truths of God’s Word, there may be times when we are tempted to take in hurt and woundedness. There may be times when we are so incensed by what someone has done to us that, despite these truths, we cannot stomach his or her presence in our lives. God gives us tools for such a situation. In these cases, we are exhorted to pray. «But — Cheryl Rogers

This household happiness did not come all at once, but John and Meg had found the key to it, and each year of married life taught them how to use it, unlocking the treasuries of real home love and mutual helpfulness, which the poorest may possess, and the richest cannot buy. This is the sort of shelf on which young wives and mothers may consent to be laid, safe from the restless fret and fever of the world, finding loyal lovers in the little sons and daughters who cling to them, undaunted by sorrow, poverty, or age, walking side by side, through fair and stormy weather, with a faithful friend, who is, in the true sense of the good old Saxon word, the ‘house-band,’ and learning, as Meg learned, that a woman’s happiest kingdom is home, her highest honor the art of ruling it not as a queen, but as a wise wife and mother. — Louisa May Alcott

There are few words which are used more loosely than the word «Civilization.» What does it mean? It means a society based upon the opinion of civilians. It means that violence, the rule of warriors and despotic chiefs, the conditions of camps and warfare, of riot and tyranny, give place to parliaments where laws are made, and independent courts of justice in which over long periods those laws are maintained. That is Civilization — and in its soil grow continually freedom, comfort, and culture. When Civilization reigns, in any country, a wider and less harassed life is afforded to the masses of the people. The traditions of the past are cherished, and the inheritance bequeathed to us by former wise or valiant men becomes a rich estate to be enjoyed and used by all. — Winston S. Churchill

Oft it may be chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were heedful for the wise to know. — J.R.R. Tolkien

It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one. — Heraclitus

A WORD TO THE WISE
Let the world pass in its time-ridden race;
never get caught in its snare.
Remember, the only acceptable case
for being in any particular place
is having no business there. — Piet Hein

In the Scriptures there is practically no effort made to define faith. Outside of a brief fourteen-word definition in Hebrews 11:1, I know of no Biblical definition, and even there faith is defined functionally, not philosophically; that is, it is a statement of what faith is in operation, not what it is in essence. It assumes the presence of faith and shows what it results in, rather than what it is. We will be wise to go just that far and attempt to go no further. — A.W. Tozer

If you find yourself in an interrogation room, you will probably do better if you have not spent a bit of time kneeling on a blood-soaked carpet. And it would be especially good if you didn’t have any of that blood smeared on your clothing and your hands. I’m just saying. A word to the wise. — Victoria Abbott

Cause i really always knew that my little crime would be cold thats why i got heater for your thighs and i know i know its not your time but bye bye and word to the wise when the fire dies you think its over but its just begun — Avenged Sevenfold

If we turn to the divine Conductor and follow the wise and loving baton that is His will, His Word, then the music of our life will be a symphony. — Peter Kreeft

1. THE HOLY QUR’AN AND ITS DIVISIONS Al-Qur’an. The name Al-Qur’an, the proper name of the Sacred Book of the Muslims, occurs several times in the Book itself (2:185, etc.). The word Qur’an is an infinitive noun from the root qara’a meaning, primarily, he collected things together, and also, he read or recited; and the Book is so called both because it is a collection of the best religious teachings and because it is a Book that is or should be read; as a matter of fact, it is the most widely read book in the whole world. It is plainly stated to be a revelation from the Lord of the worlds (26:192), or a revelation from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise (39:1, etc.), and so on. It was sent down to the Prophet Muhammad (47:2), having been revealed to his heart through the Holy Spirit (26:193, 194), in the Arabic language (26:195; 43:3). The first revelation came to the Holy Prophet in the month of Ramadan (2:185), — Anonymous

My writing just kind of exists out there in the air-it’s all sort of intended as spoken, or sung, word. So, to commit them to the page … that way was kind of intimidating to me, yet intriguing, to try to reflect the rhythms and connotations and emotions that you can deliver, speaking-wise, on a page. — Ani DiFranco

Wizardry is all about thinking ahead, about being prepared. Wizards aren’t really superhuman. We just have a leg up on seeing things more clearly than other people, and being able to use the extra information we have for our benefit. Hell, the word wizard comes from the same root as wise. We know things. We aren’t any stronger or faster than anyone else. We don’t even have all that much more going in the mental department. But we’re god-awful sneaky, and if we get the chance to get set for something, we can do some impressive things. — Jim Butcher

When the teachings of men conflict with the Word of God, it would be wise to go with God. -Henry M. Morris Ph.D. — Amy Case

The elective franchise is withheld from one half of its citizens … because the word ‘people,’ by an unparalleled exhibition of lexicon graphical acrobatics, has been turned and twisted to mean all who were shrewd and wise enough to have themselves born boys instead of girls, or who took the trouble to be born white instead of black. — Mary Church Terrell

I am glad you are come. When I was in England I desired that some one would speak the Great Word to me. I will go up and speak to the wise men of our nation, and I hope they will hear. — Tomochichi

And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. — O. Henry

A word to the wise is infuriating. — Hunter S. Thompson

I had worked for a newspaper of sorts, word got around, and I became editor of our local school newspaper, The Drum. I don’t recall being given any choice in this matter; I think I was simply appointed. My second-in-command, Danny Emond, had even less interest in the paper than I did. Danny just liked the idea that Room 4, where we did our work, was near the girls’ bathroom. «Someday I’ll just go crazy and hack my way in there, Steve,» he told me on more than one occasion. «Hack, hack, hack.» Once he added, perhaps in an effort to justify himself: «The prettiest girls in school pull up their skirts in there.» This struck me as so fundamentally stupid it might actually be wise, like a Zen Koan or an early story by John Updike. — Stephen King

Go back to that night when Divine Light, in order to illumine the darkness of men, tabernacled Himself in the world He had made … The angels and a star caught up in the reflection of that Light, as a torch lighted by a torch, and passed it on to the watchers of sheep and the searchers of skies. And lo! As the shepherds watched their flocks about the hills of Bethlehem, they were shaken by the light of the angels And lo! As wise men from beyond the land of Media and Persia searched the heavens, the brilliance of a star, like a tabernacle lamp in the sanctuary of God’s creation, beckoned them on to the stable where the star seemed to lose its light in the unearthly brilliance of the Light of the Word. — Fulton J. Sheen

A word to the wise: one, possibly two hashtags is usually plenty. Don’t give in to the temptation to pack your Tweets full of hashtags, because all the hyperlinks and # signs get messy in bulk. — Laura Fitton

Isn’t the little child poor, gentle, and pure of heart? Isn’t the little child weeping in response to every little pain? Isn’t the little child the peacemaker hungry and thirsty for uprightness and the final victim of persecution? And what of Jesus himself, the Word of God who became flesh, dwelt for nine months in Mary’s womb, and came into this world as a little child worshipped by shepherds from close by and by wise men from far away? The eternal Son became a child so that I might become a child again and so re-enter with him into the Kingdom of the Father. «In all truth I tell you,» Jesus said to Nicodemus, «no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born from above. — Henri J.M. Nouwen

A word to the wise is sufficient — Plautus

Pilgrims are persons in motion passing through territories not their own, seeking something we might call completion, or perhaps the word clarity will do as well, a goal to which only the spirit’s compass points the way. — H. Richard Niebuhr

The first time the word worship appears in the King James Version of the Old Testament, it appears with appalling import. ‘Abide ye here,’ Abraham tells his servant, while ‘I and the lad go yonder and worship.’ The terrible offering of his son’s life is what the Bible’s first instance of ‘worship’ portends. In the New Testament, the word worship first appears again in conjunction with a costly offering. It is used in reference to the wise men, who ‘worshipped’ the Christ child by ‘open[ing] their treasure’ and ‘present[ing] unto him gifts.’ Worship, then, is about what we are prepared to relinquish—what we give up at personal cost. — Terryl L. Givens

Wise people listen to wise instruction, especially instruction from the Word of God. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct a propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event. Access to the real environment must be limited, before anyone can create a pseudo-environment that he thinks wise or desirable. — Walter Lippmann

God is faithful to all His promises, nor can He fail, or deceive; He is all wise and foreknowing of everything that comes to pass; He never changes His mind, nor forgets His word; and He is able to perform, and is the God of truth, and cannot lie; nor has He ever failed in any one of His promises, nor will He suffer [allow] His faithfulness to fail; and this is a strong argument to hold fast a profession of faith. — John Gill

Doctor. The word for healer and wise man throughout the universe. We get that word from you, you know?’ River Song, A Good Man Goes to War — Cavan Scott

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity. — Sophocles

18 To another is given the word of knowledge, that all may be taught to be wise and to have knowledge. 19 And again, to some it is given to have faith to be healed; 20 And to others it is given to have faith to heal. 21 And again, to some is given the working of miracles; 22 And to others it is given to prophesy; 23 And to others the discerning of spirits. 24 And again, it is given to some to speak with tongues; 25 And to another is given the interpretation of tongues. 26 And all these gifts come from God, for the benefit of the children of God. — Joseph Smith Jr.

You have the ability to control your thoughts. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether and just keep on working. — Eric Maisel

A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There’s a wondrous magic to Christmas, and there’s a special power reserved for little people. In short, there’s nothing mightier than the meek, and a merry Christmas to each and all. — Rod Serling

Self-reliance is an America virtue but not a biblical value. Solomon wrote, «The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice.» (Proverbs 12:15) The word ‘listen’ carries with it the meaning of seeking out as well as receiving advice. A lot of pain can be prevented if leaders would just check in with their coach before a making a big decision. — Gary Rohrmayer

In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government, it bids fair to be one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world. — George Washington

Quality men are men under authority. Quality men listen and yield to the collective counsel of the wise and godly men around them. Whether your father was good or bad, loving or lecherous does not, in the end, give you license to do as you please. Our Daddy is God the Father and He expects that we will live in submission to His Word and His will for our lives. Quality men can hear the voice of their own flesh demanding satisfaction, calling out for privilege and private pleasure. They hear the voice of temptation just as worthless men do, but they say NO! In God’s strength and for His glory, a quality man denies himself for a higher purpose and says yes to the Lord. — James MacDonald

She looked up at him, wondering when it was that this man, her brother, had become so wise. If he’d yelled one more word, spent one more minute speaking to her in that mocking voice, she would have broke. She would have broke, or she would have hardened, but either way, something between them would have been ruined.
But here he was, Anthony of all people, who was arrogant and proud and every inch the arch nobleman he’d been born to be, kneeling at her side, placing his hand on hers, and speaking with a kindness that nearly broke her heart. — Julia Quinn

As they say, a word to the wise is sufficient. And here I’ve gone and written five paragraphs. — Orson Scott Card

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself. — Pierre Charron

Stop now before i kill you a word to the wise from your friend PENNYWISE — Stephen King

The magi, as you know, were wise men
wonderfully wise men
who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi. — O. Henry

A word to the wise isn’t as good as a word from the wise. — Grenville Kleiser

When a fool sees himself as he is, then he is a fool no longer; and when a wise man learns of his own wisdom, then he becomes a fool.» This caused me great trouble, for it seemed mere word play. But after many years I have come to this conclusion: that only in certainty is there moral danger. Doubt is the gift we must cherish, for it forces us to question our motives constantly. It guides us to truth. — David Gemmell

Word to the wise writer … never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them … they sneak off with stuff. — Ka Hancock

Don’t look so stiff and concerned, bucko. Word from the wise, sometimes there’s no better place to hide than in the open, and no better way to disappear than to stand out.»
«That doesn’t make any sense.»
«Sure it does. Hogan wrote it years and years ago — you do know who Hogan is right? — Gillian Bronte Adams

Make careful choice of the books which you read:
let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.
Let Scripture be first and most in your hearts and
hands and other books be used as subservient to it.
While reading ask yourself:
1. Could I spend this time no better?
2. Are there better books that would edify me more?
3. Are the lovers of such a book as this the greatest
lovers of the Book of God and of a holy life?
4. Does this book increase my love to the Word of God,
kill my sin, and prepare me for the life to come?
«The words of the wise are like goads, their collected
sayings like firmly embedded nails — given by one Shepherd.
Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of
making many books there is no end, and much study
wearies the body.» Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 — Richard Baxter

I confess to not having listened to a word of the Declaration of Independence. At the time I barely knew the name of the author of this sublime document. I do remember hearing someone comment that since Mr. Jefferson had seen fit to pledge so eloquently our lives to the cause of independence, he might at least join us in the army. But wise Tom preferred the safety of Virginia and the excitement of local politics to the discomforts and dangers of war. — Gore Vidal

Damn,» Crystal sputtered, looking up from the dictionary in disbelief. «Oenophlygia: the state of being dunk. It really is a word».
Johnny gloated unabashedly. «Just wouldn’t listen, would you? Just couldn’t stand that I might be way ahead of the game. Word to the wise,» he added with a superior smirk. «Don’t mess with a man of my experience in that arena. — Cindy Gerard

The word enchant comes from the Latin ‘incantare’, meaning to sing or chant magical words or sounds. — Jonathan Goldman

those who are weak enough to think this a degrading task, and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misemployed, I shall content myself with opposing the authority of the greatest man of any age, JULIUS CAeSAR, of whom Bacon observes, that ‘in his book of Apothegms which he collected, we see that he esteemed it more honour to make himself but a pair of tables, to take the wise and pithy words of others, than to have every word of his own to be made an apothegm or an oracle.’ Having said thus much by way of introduction, I commit the following pages to the candour of the Publick. — Anonymous

Good wits jump; a word to the wise is enough. — Miguel De Cervantes

The Greek word for philosopher (philosophos) connotes a distinction from sophos. It signifies the lover of wisdom (knowledge) as distinguished from him who considers himself wise in the possession of knowledge. This meaning of the word still endures: the essence of philosophy is not the possession of the truth but the search for truth … Philosophy means to be on the way. Its questions are more essential than its answers, and every answer becomes a new question. — Karl Jaspers

Lady, lady, never start
Conversation toward your heart;
Keep your pretty words serene;
Never murmur what you mean.
Show yourself, by word and look,
Swift and shallow as a brook.
Be as cool and quick to go
As a drop of April snow;
Be as delicate and gay
As a cherry flower in May.
Lady, lady, never speak
Of the tears that burn your cheek-
She will never win him, whose
Words had shown she feared to lose.
Be you wise and never sad,
You will get your lovely lad.
Never serious be, nor true,
And your wish will come to you-
And if that makes you happy, kid,
You’ll be the first it ever did. — Dorothy Parker

18For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart. — Anonymous

The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. — Francis Chan

Let it go
the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise
let it go it was sworn to go let them go
the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers
you must let them go they were born to go let all go
the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things
let all go dear so comes love — E. E. Cummings

Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word ‘finis’ in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop. — Victor Hugo

Something that is said with the word «YOU» is truly heard by a very few and, that too, listened only of someone who leads a very simple life and regularly says the things refreshingly new because «You» has a tone and texture of an ADVICE, which everyone tries to give than take from others as almost all consider themselves to be WISE. — Anuj

Why people use «Was» I have heard some people to say «I was a smart kid at school — Eminem», but why «Was», was is a word for describing the past… which will mean that has started and ended… so what??? How to get it now? You aren’t wise, are you? — Deyth Banger

Poor examples because of mechanical needs of typing, of the flow of river sounds, words, dark, leading to the future and attesting to the madness, hollowness, ring and roar of my mind which blessed or unblessed is where trees sing
in a funny wind
well-being believes he’ll go to heaven
a word to the wise is enough
‘Smart went Crazy — Jack Kerouac

Whenever a time arises where clarity is desired, it is always wise to reflect on the sage within. — Sereda Aleta Dailey

A word to the wise is
unnecessary. — Evan Esar

A Gift for You
I send you …
The gift of a letter from your wise self. This is the part of you that sees you with benevolent, loving eyes. You find this letter in a thick envelope with your name on it, and the word YES written boldly above your name.
My Dear,
I am writing this to remind you of your ‘essence beauty.’ This is the part of you that has nothing to do with age, occupation, weight, history, or pain. This is the soft, untouched, indelible you. You can love yourself in this moment, no matter what you have, or haven’t done or been.
See past any masks, devices, or inventions that obscure your essence.
Remember your true purpose, WHICH is only Love.
If you cannot see or feel love, lie down now and cry; it will cleanse your vision and free your heart.
I love you; I am you. — SARK

I know you’ll probably think it superstitious nonsense, Maggie, but I’m going to ask Oskan to perform … » Thirrin shrugged her shoulders as she struggled to find the right word, «something … a ceremony of some sort before we go into the trees. Something that’ll help the people believe they’re protected in some way.»
«On the contrary, Madam, I agree with the idea,» Maggiore answered and smiled. «It’s wise to use everything you can to keep the citizens calm. I’ll be there chanting whatever you want and waving around as much incense as you think necessary. — Stuart Hill

Middle school is kind of like Middle-earth. It’s a magical journey filled with elves, dwarves, hobbits, queens, kings, and a few corrupt wizards. Word to the wise: pick your traveling companions well. Ones with the courage and moral fiber to persevere. Ones who wield their lip gloss like magic wands when confronted with danger. This way, when you pass through the congested hallways rife with pernicious diversion, you achieve your desired destination — or at least your next class.
-CeCee, Lucy and CeCee’s How to Survive (and Thrive) in Middle School — Kimberly Dana

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won’t fill a bushel. — Benjamin Franklin

A word to the wise is enough. — Plautus

A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption.
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make sense. — James Thurber

Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish’? Surely that precious word, ‘Whosoever will, let him come and take the water of life freely’ and that solemn promise, ‘Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out,’ are better than signs and wonders! A truthful Saviour ought to be believed. He is truth itself. Why will you ask proof of the veracity of One who cannot lie? — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Who, in the midst of just provocation to anger, instantly finds the fit word which settles all around him in silence is more than wise or just; he is, were he a beggar, of more than royal blood, he is of celestial descent. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

You told me that the children of the forest had the greensight. I remember.»
«Some claimed to have that power. Their wise men were called greenseers.»
«Was it magic?»
«Call it that for want of a better word, if you must. At heart it was only a different sort of knowledge.»
Oh, to be sure, there is much we do not understand. The years pass in their hundreds and
their thousands, and what does any man see of life but a few summers, a few winters? We look at mountains and call them eternal, and so
they seem … but in the course of time, mountains rise and fall, rivers change their courses, stars fall from the sky, and great cities sink
beneath the sea. Even gods die, we think. Everything changes.
So long as there was magic, anything could happen. Ghosts could walk, trees could talk, and broken boys could grow up to be knights. — George R R Martin

The bodies of the newly dead are not debris nor remnant, nor are they entirely icon or essence. They are, rather, changelings, incubates, hatchlings of a new reality that bear our names and dates, our image and likenesses, as surely in the eyes and ears of our children and grandchildren as did word of our birth in the ears of our parents and their parents. It is wise to treat such new things tenderly, carefully, with honor. — Thomas Lynch

A word to the wise ain’t … — Bill Cosby

People no longer need to go to church to hear the Word, which has been the selling point for local churches for the past fifty years. Because of this, church is becoming less of a possessor of knowledge (commodity) and more a communal hub. — Justin Wise

The God of Christianity is sovereign, wise, righteous, and ultimately concerned with justice. Not only is God concerned with justice, He assumes the role of judge over us. It is axiomatic to Christianity that our actions will be judged. This theme is conspicuously absent in much Christian teaching today, yet it fills the New Testament and touches virtually every sermon of Jesus of Nazareth. We will be called into account for every idle word we speak. On the
final day, it will not be our consciences that will accuse or excuse us, but God Himself. — R.C. Sproul

Lorcan nodded, «It’ss a beautiful night,» he said. «The stars have all come out for you, Darcy.» He turned to go, then had a fresh thought. «Oh and Tempest, a word to the wise … «
Grace was busily gathering up the edges of Darcy’s train. «Yes?» she said, glancing up at Lorcan. «What is it Furey?»
Lorcan grinned.»Just so you know, I’ve put down good money on you catching the wedding bouquet. I trust you wouldn’t let me down!»
as he winked at her, Grace thought his eyes never looked so blue. They were eyes you could never tire from looking at- as deep and constant and infinite as the ocean itself. — Justin Somper

You’ve been quiet, lass. Are you alive back there?’
All she could do was grunt with exasperation through the tight gag that was pressing down on her tongue.
‘Aye, I know.’ He nodded, as if he had understood every word. ‘I was thinking about removing it, but something tells me you’ve been working up a mountain of complaints, so if it’s all the same to you, I’ll wait till we’re somewhere more remote before I release that mouth of yours, so no one will hear your screeching.’
‘I won’t screech,’ she tried to say, but it came out as a muffled grumble.
‘What was that? You think I’m very wise? Aye, I think so, too. — Julianne MacLean

Perhaps this is one of the last remaining strands of my Catholic upbringing, but to me the word ‘worship’ means absolute unquestioning affirmation of the authority of the deity. I’ll not have that in my life. If you are wise, neither will you. — Brendan Myers

The «new evangelical» wears skinny jeans and earrings made from recycled beer caps. After all, she is acquiring a taste for Blue Moon and Chardonnay. She lives in a loft in the city and grows organic vegetables on her balcony because the earth belongs to God, and she wants to take care of it…She tries to keep things clean, language-wise, but she knows that sometimes the right word is f***. — Addie Zierman

He who is surety is never sure himself. Take advice, and never be security for more than you are quite willing to lose. Remember the word of the wise man: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure. — Charles Spurgeon

But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know. — J.R.R. Tolkien

When we have the disease to please, the word, «Yes» can taste of resentment. We need to take care of ourselves, first, so we can give from a place of abundance. When we give ourselves away to everyone else, first, we having nothing left, with which, to nourish ourselves. This can lead to feelings of bitterness and resentment. Giving to others should be a joyous and enriching experience. — Jaeda DeWalt

But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise. — Origen

No man of honor, as the word is usually understood, did ever pretend that his honor obliged him to be chaste or temperate, to pay his creditors, to be useful to his country, to do good to mankind, to endeavor to be wise or learned, to regard his word, his promise, or his oath. — Jonathan Swift

word is like a sword; you should be wise when to use it or it’ll kill and ruin everything you did in your past, you’re doing at this time, and you’re gonna do in the future — A. Vaidyanathan

I knew a wise man that had it for a by-word, when he saw men hasten to a conclusion, «Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.» — Francis Bacon

O Don Quixote, wise as thou art brave,
La Mancha’s splendor and of Spain the star!
To thee I say that if the peerless maid,
Dulcinea del Toboso, is to be restored
to the state that was once hers, it needs must be
that thy squire Sancho take on his bared behind,
those sturdy buttocks, must consent to take
three thousand lashes and three hundred more,
and well laid on, that they may sting and smart;
for those are the authors of her woe
have thus resolved, and that is why I’ve come,
This, gentles, is the word I bring to you. — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

A single wise word bringing peace to the listener is worth more than a thousand speeches of empty words. — Thich Nhat Hanh

A word to the wise an’t nesisary its the stupid ones who need the edvise. — Eliga H. Gould

Every church or individual Christian who claims to be Spirit-led must be Word-fed. If we want to know more of the Spirit’s power in our lives, we would be wise to fill ourselves with the riches of his — Bob Kauflin

Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — William Wordsworth

Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut. — Wim Wenders

Begin to read and mediate on the word of God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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#1. 18Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing. — Author: Anonymous

#2. O’ youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice. — Author: Muhammad Atta-ullah Faizani

#3. Learn the words of wisdom uttered by the wise and apply them in your own life. Live them — but do not a make a show of reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not understand is no better than an ass loaded with books. — Author: Kahlil Gibran

#4. Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing. Proverbs 12:18 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rescue of those who are crushed. Proverbs 31:8 — Author: Wendy Duke

#5. It only take like minds to connect or the words of the wise to sound Gibberish to the foolish. — Author: Melfie Ngwenya

#6. The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[ Ecclesiates 12:11-14 ] — Author: Anonymous

#7. The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are given by one Shepherd. My son, beware of anything beyond these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of flesh.»
— The Teacher, Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 — Author: Anonymous

#8. The words of the wise are like cattle prods — painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd drives the sheep. — Author: Ecclesiastes 12 11

#9. Make careful choice of the books which you read:
let the holy Scriptures ever have the preeminence.
Let Scripture be first and most in your hearts and
hands and other books be used as subservient to it.
While reading ask yourself:
1. Could I spend this time no better?
2. Are there better books that would edify me more?
3. Are the lovers of such a book as this the greatest
lovers of the Book of God and of a holy life?
4. Does this book increase my love to the Word of God,
kill my sin, and prepare me for the life to come?
«The words of the wise are like goads, their collected
sayings like firmly embedded nails — given by one Shepherd.
Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of
making many books there is no end, and much study
wearies the body.» Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 — Author: Richard Baxter

#10. You poor, deluded woman … do you believe there is any such thing as love? … You’re living an illusion. Do you believe the words of love they whisper in the ears of penniless women like us? — Author: Nawal El Saadawi

#11. She let her bad mood seethe into the silence of the carriage. Finally, she couldn’t bear the vicious cycle of her thoughts, the way they kept returning to Irex and her stupid decision to humiliate him at Bite and Sting. «Well?» she asked Arin.
He sat across from her in the carriage, but didn’t lift his eyes to meet hers. He studied his hands. «Well, what?»
«What do you think?»
«About?»
«About the party. About anything. About the bargain we made that you could at least pretend to uphold.»
«You want to gossip about the party.» He seemed tired.
«I want you to speak to me.»
He looked at her then. She found that she had clenched her silk skirts in a fist. She let go. «For example, I know you overheard about Senator Andrax. Do you think he merits torture? Death?»
«He deserves what he gets,» he said, and went quiet again.
Kestrel gave up. She sank into her anger.
«That isn’t what’s bothering you.» Arin sounded reluctant, almost incredulous, as if he couldn’t believe the words coming from his mouth.
Kestrel waited.
He said, «That man is an ass.»
It was clear whom he meant. It was clear that no slave should ever say that of any Valorian. But it was magic to hear the words out loud. Kestrel breathed a laugh. «And I am a fool.» She pressed chilly hands to her forehead. «I knew what he’s like. I should have never played Bite and Sting with him. Or I should have let him win.»
The corner of Arin’s mouth twitched. «I enjo — Author: Marie Rutkoski

#12. If your world today seems confusing, be comforted by the words of the prophets of God who have told you what the future holds for you as a child of God. — Author: David Jeremiah

#13. Bill Gates (and his successor at Microsoft, Ray Ozzie) are famous for taking annual reading vacations. During the year they deliberately cultivate a stack of reading material — much of it unrelated to their day-to-day focus at Microsoft — and then they take off for a week or two and do a deep dive into the words they’ve stockpiled. By compressing their intake into a matter of days, they give new ideas additional opportunities to network among themselves, for the simple reason that it’s easier to remember something that you read yesterday than it is to remember something you read six months ago. — Author: Steven Johnson

#14. Beyond the clouds, above people, beneath the skin, inside people, we’re waiting for you. We see you now, as you read. We’ll see you when you stop thinking about these words. Above and inside your face, we know your secrets. We know what you hide from yourself. You can’t escape us. We hold your heart in the palm of our hand. If we like, we can squeeze it. If we like, we can crush it. There’s nothing you can do to stop us. Our gaze notices your every single move and your every single word. Say a word now. Make a move. We smile at your words, as we smile at your silence. No one will be able to protect you. No one can protect you now. You’re even less than you imagine. We’ve seen a thousand generations of men like you. It was our pleasure to let them walk on the lines of our hands. It was our pleasure to take everything away from them. We guided entire generations of men through tunnels we built that led nowhere. And when they arrived at nothing, we smiled. You’re just like them. We’re waiting for you above and inside your face. Continue on your way. Follow that line of our hand. We know where that tunnel you walk through will end. Keep on walking. We see you and smile. Beyond the clouds, we are fear. Beneath the skin, we are fear. — Author: Jose Luis Peixoto

#15. Pictures and words are wholly inadequate to understand the complex creations and beauty of our world. — Author: Arzak Khan

#16. You will never be able to see clearly when people around you distort your view of truth with their own clouded version. You will begin to read into everything incorrectly and find yourself lost in a delusional story stitched together from the crumbs of over analyzed words once spoken, misunderstandings or speculation. Life should not be wasted by collecting clues or piecing together a puzzle about how someone feels. Love is straightforward and it is clearly seen on the cloudiest days of your life. If someone loves you it will be obvious. They won’t let you go, until you ask them to. — Author: Shannon L. Alder

#17. According to Free Trait Theory, we are born and culturally endowed with certain personality traits — introversion, for example — but we can and do act out of character in the service of «core personal projects.»
In other words, introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly. Free Trait Theory explains why an introvert might throw his extroverted wife a surprise party or join the PTA at his daughter’s school. It explains how it’s possible for an extroverted scientist to behave with reserve in her laboratory, for an agreeable person to act hard-nosed during a business negotiation, and for a cantankerous uncle to treat his niece tenderly when he takes her out for ice cream. — Author: Susan Cain

#18. For the elements have the property of moving back to their place in a straight line, but they have no properties which would cause them to remain where they are, or to move other-wise than in a straight line, These rectilinear motions of these four elements when returning to their original place are are of two kinds, either centrifugal,vziz.>the motion of the air and the fire; or centripedal,viz.> the motion of the earth, and the water; and when the elements have reached their original place, they remain at rest. — Author: Maimonides

#19. I truly believe that the children who are diagnosed with cancer are some of the wisest, sweetest, strongest, and most loving children. They have gained a bigger perspective of the world in such a short time. They become wise beyond their years. — Author: Laura Lane

#20. I don’t know and probably never will know enough about the true nature of the universe to tell anyone else what to believe, and I’ve come to distrust the words of those who have presumed to do so. — Author: Pete Hautman

#21. Keep close the words of Syadasti: ‘TIS AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NO MINDS. And remember that there is no tyranny in the State of Confusion. For further information, consult your pineal gland. — Author: Gregory Hill

#22. This, then, is the story of what I learned. It is told in many voices, in words far more eloquent and raw than I could have thought on my own. It is a story of heartbreak and fear and regret. But mostly it is a warning. Violence comes in many forms- guns, fists, and words of hate and contempt. Unless we change the way we treat others in school and out, there will be more- and more horrible- tragedies. — Author: Todd Strasser

#23. I swallowed back a wave of concern as her focus jumped from my face to the indigo jewel at my chest. The blue light in the heart of the jewel glowed only faintly. A yank on the braided chain made me lurch forward and I heard Vada cry out in pain. When I looked, the vampiress was cupping her hand as if it hurt. I then understood what had happened: she had attempted to grab the enchanted gemstone and it had shocked her in the process. I flashed an accusatory glare at Vallatrece.

«Do you mean to steal from me?»

«Apparently no. It seems the stone has chosen you.»

«I don’t know what you’re talking about.»

«I’m not surprised.»

«Well, it’s mine — that I do know. You can’t take it from me. No one can.»

«How many have tried?»

I refused an answer to the question. My silence was undaunting.

«Where did you get that pretty trinket anyway? Who gave it to you?»

«No one gave it to me; I found it.»

Vallatrece scrunched up her face, communicating that she didn’t believe me.

«And now that I have it,» I continued, «I no longer require your services.»

«You no longer require my services? Is that so?» Again, her cheeks dimpled with amusement at my words.

«Yes, it is so. — Author: Richelle E. Goodrich

#24. Thus I had already reached the conclusion that we are in no wise free in the presence of a work of art, that we do not create it as we please but that it pre-exists in us and we are compelled as though it were a law of nature to discover it because it is at once hidden from us and necessary. — Author: Marcel Proust

#25. Food is a language of care, the thing we do when traditional language fails us, when we don’t know what to say, when there are no words to say. — Author: Shauna Niequist

#26. I am a hidden meaning made to defy. The grasp of words, and walk away With free will and destiny. As living, revolutionary clay. — Author: Muhammad Iqbal

#27. [She] had the indefinable charm of someone who said little but thought much. Miss Prim had always felt that such people were at a marked advantage. They never said anything tactless, never spouted nonsense, never had cause to regret their words or justify themselves. — Author: Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera

#28. There is indeed power in words. Most of the lasting change that has been forged in the history of this world came not from a wielding of the swift and bloody sword of battle but from the shaping scalpel of ideas, and what are ideas without the words to deliver them? — Author: Mark Dunn

#29. Stories matter. We are composed of our stories. The human heart is made of the words we put in it. If someone ever says mean things to you, don’t let those words go into your heart, and be careful not to put mean words in other people’s hearts. — Author: Susan Abulhawa

#30. I avoid the looming visitor,
Flee him adroitly around corners,
Hating him, wishing him well;

Lest if he confront me I be forced to say what is in no wise true:
That he is welcome; that I am unoccupied;
And forced to sit while the potted roses wilt in the crate or the sonnet cools

Bending a respectful nose above such dried philosophies
As have hung in wreaths from the rafters of my house since I was a child.

Some trace of kindliness in this, no doubt,
There may be.
But not enough to keep a bird alive.

There is a flaw amounting to a fissure
In such behaviour. — Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay

#31. The sight of you brings joy to my heart and makes my blood thunder in my veins. I know not how long I will be allowed to stand here. So there are words I must say. That you are the moon and the stars to me, and the air I breathe. To love you is to live. So if I die … I will still live in you. — Author: Kate Furnivall

#32. Quitting, for me, means not giving up, but moving on; changing direction not because something doesn’t agree with you, but because you don’t agree with something. It’s not a complaint, in other words, but a positive choice, and not a stop in one’s journey, but a step in a better direction. Quitting-whether a job or a habit-means taking a turn so as to be sure you’re still moving in the direction of your dreams. — Author: Pico Iyer

#33. He has a vision of the top of his neck, opening up into his head like a bathroom drain. Fragments of words are swirling down it, in a grey liquid he realizes is his dissolving brain. — Author: Margaret Atwood

#34. Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few key words, then a little syntax make a clearing in the silence. Art … is a foreign city, and we deceive ourselves when we think it familiar … We have to recognize that the language of art, all art, is not our mother-tongue. — Author: Jeanette Winterson

#35. We can’t save ourselves from fear by seeking safety, because safety always means there’s something to be safe from-in other words, something to fear. The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom. — Author: Martha Beck

#36. To say exactly what one means, even to one’s own private satisfaction, is difficult. To say exactly what one means and to involve another person is harder still. Communication between you and me relies on assumptions, associations, commonalities and a kind of agreed shorthand, which no-one could precisely define but which everyone would admit exists. That is one reason why it is an effort to have a proper conversation in a foreign language. Even if I am quite fluent, even if I understand the dictionary definitions of words and phrases, I cannot rely on a shorthand with the other party, whose habit of mind is subtly different from my own. Nevertheless, all of us know of times when we have not been able to communicate in words a deep emotion and yet we know we have been understood. This can happen in the most foreign of foreign parts and it can happen in our own homes. It would seem that for most of us, most of the time, communication depends on more than words. — Author: Jeanette Winterson

#37. Speaking anything out loud … seemed like an audacity. Lately, she could think the words fine, could sense their calm gray delineations in her mind, neutral and precise, but when she began to say them, to actually shape them into sounds to propel out of her mouth, the whole project seemed to fail. — Author: Hermione Hoby

#38. Character gains through its expression, and loses through its repression. Love grows through its expression. Sympathy grows through its expression. Knowledge grows through its expression. The artistic sense grows through its expression. The religious sentiment grows through its expression. The capacity for instruction, for administration, for command, grows through its expression. The more a man does in any line of wise endeavor, the more he can do in that line, and the more of a man he is in that line. And the refraining from the free expression of love, or of sympathy, or of knowledge, or of the artistic sense, or of the religious sentiment, or of the power of instruction, of administration, or of command, both limits and lessens that which is thus repressed.

To possess and to exhibit an admirable personal character is a duty incumbent on every one. In order to possess such a character, its exhibit by its expression is a necessity. He who does not endeavor to express those traits and qualities which are the exhibit of an admirable personal character, cannot hope to retain such a character, even if it were his by nature; and he who does endeavor to express them, can hope to gain the character which they represent, even though he lacked it before. — Author: Henry Clay Trumbull

#39. A story works when there’s momentum, life behind the words. Some stories have this and others don’t, and it’s difficult to say why this is. If all stories «worked,» though, writing wouldn’t be much of a challenge; it wouldn’t be art. — Author: Mary J. Miller

#40. The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us? A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite, and lets us for a moment gaze into that! — Author: Thomas Carlyle

#41. The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself … Today there are many in the Church who act like canals, the reservoirs are far too rare … You too must learn to await this fullness before pouring out your gifts, do not try to be more generous than God. — Author: Bernard Of Clairvaux

#42. Every single phenomenon in the world, has a physical explanation underneath it. Finding the explanation depends on how far you are willing to go. — Author: Abhijit Naskar

#43. It was a daunting prospect, to speak honestly from the heart without the benefit of time to come up with the ideal words, to reread them, revise them, and proofread. To second-guess them before putting them out into the world. There’s no deleting things you say out loud. — Author: Kristin Rockaway

#44. Dear Lord, I struggle caring too much about the opinions of others. I beg You to please whisper words of truth into my heart and mind today. Protect me from both the bad and good opinions of others as I am reminded that only Your opinion counts. In Jesus’ name. Amen. — Author: Lysa TerKeurst

#45. If whatever follows these two words is not fully aligned with your perception of how the creative Source of the universe would be speaking, then make the correction on the spot. Say to yourself «I am the resurrection and the life in thought and feeling.» According to The «I AM» Discourses of Saint Germain: «It immediately turns all the energy of your Being to the center in the brain which is the source of your Being. You cannot overestimate the Power in this Statement. There is no limit to what you can do with it. It was the Statement that Jesus used most — Author: Wayne W. Dyer

#46. Words are never frail. They have all the powers to change the personality and features of a man. The way he relates and depicts the things are based on the words he discovers. At one point where words portray happiness for someone, it also counts for the tears to some. The day we comprehend the strength of words, we would choose them more closely and patiently. Where we would prefer silence more over words. If words are our strength, they are our weakness too. — Author: Nishikant

#47. Whatever are the difficulties in believing that the Old and New Testaments proceed from, or record the acts of, a perfectly wise and good being, the same and still greater difficulties stand in the way of the belief, that a being of such a character can have been the Maker of the universe. He considered Butler’s argument as conclusive against the only opponents for whom it was intended. Those who admit an omnipotent as well as perfectly just and benevolent maker and ruler of such a world as this, can say little against Christianity but what can, with at least equal force, be retorted against themselves. — Author: Christopher Hitchens

#48. The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. — Author: Augustus Hare

#49. Bartimaeus: «A small piece of advice,» I said «it isn’t wise to be rude to someone bigger than you, especially when they’ve just trapped you under a boulder.»
Imp: «You can stick your advice up … «
«This brief pause replaces a short, censored episode, characterized by bad language and some sadly necessary violence. When we pick up the story again, everything is as before, except that I am perspiring slightly and the contrite imp is the model of cooperation.»
Bartimaeus: «I’ll ask again: who is Rupert Deveraeux?»
Imp: «He’s the British Prime Minister, oh Most Bounteous and Merciful one. — Author: Jonathan Stroud

#50. An adult is one who has lost the grace, the freshness, the innocence of the child, who is no longer capable of feeling pure joy, who makes everything complicated, who spreads suffering everywhere, who is afraid of being happy, and who, because it is easier to bear, has gone back to sleep. The wise man is a happy child. — Author: Arnaud Desjardins

#51. I’ll take you home,» I say, and my words are simple, obvious. I’m surprised when she follows me to the passenger door of the Merc and slips into the seat without hesitation, but she seems dazed somehow. Naïve, maybe. Maybe that’s what got her into this mess in the first place. I suspect as much.
Young, naïve and vulnerable.
No way should she be out alone this late at night. No way should she be here, in this shithole part of Brighton. I feel the anger, at some unknown parents who should be worried sick, parents who should have taught her more fucking sense.
A father who should be driving around looking for his daughter, who should be protecting her from pieces of shit like that fucking waster back there.
I ignore the twitch in my jaw. Push aside that feeling.
She needs a ride home. Just a ride home. — Author: Jade West

#52. I step around in a field of words, just trying to find the right ones to pick for you. — Author: Larissa Ellis