#word

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#done #first #i #million #never

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #carry #city #discipline #forbidden

One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#certainty #days #direct #few #however

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#gospel #necessary #preach #times #use

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#implies #lovers #nothing #opposite #using

India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#creative #dead #her #herself #human

It is very difficult to undersatnd man. It is also very difficult to understand what a man does. If he is able to give an explanation, it may be easier. Even then everything can not be understood. Words have their limitation and comprehension, its limits. So if we are able to understand 25% of what is being said, even that should be deemed, as good communication skills are very good. Beyond this one should not even aspire for. ↗

— Aacharya Mahapragya

#communication #explanation #goal-setting #human-being #life

Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names. ↗

— Mary Austin

#canons #certain #clear #fame #familiar

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#hip #hip hop #hop #lot #music

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#books #date #enduring #form #humanity