 Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another’s words.
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Tag Archives: words
Robert Frost – Half the world is composed of people. . .
 Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
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Blaise Pascal – Kind words
 Kind words produce their own image in men’s souls, and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.
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Victor Hugo – Music expresses that which. . .
 Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.
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Laozi / Lao-Tzu – Watch your thoughts; they become words
 Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
– Laozi / Lao-Tzu (604 BC-531 BC) |
Gautama Buddha – Words we utter should be chosen with care
 Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
Elbert Hubbard – Understanding your silence
 He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
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Gautama Buddha – However many holy words you read
| However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
– Gautama Buddha (563 BC-483 BC) |
