--- title: "12 Words Lose Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 12 Words Lose quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Words Lose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_88981.png" --- > [Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-words-lose-their-meaning/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_88981.png) > [When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-lose-their-liberty/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/confucius-164_inspirational_when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-los_2734834.jpg) > [“When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over. from an essay for Writers by Nancy Crampton ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-h-auden-2/when-words-lose-their-meaning-physical-force-takes-over-from-an-essay/) [W.H. Auden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-h-auden-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/50a/w-h-auden-2-7412_language_when-words-lose-their-meaning-physical-f_3049912.jpg) > [“Words lose their meaning when you look at them too long. ‘God.’ ‘Science.’ Meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-frost/words-lose-their-meaning-when-you-look-at-them-too-long-god-science/) [Mark Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/mark-frost-3850_language_words-lose-their-meaning-when-you-look-a_272486.png) > [“Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/where-words-lose-their-meaning-people-lose-their-lives/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/confucius-164_humanity-and-society_where-words-lose-their-meaning-people-lo_1545436.jpg) > [“Even as I think them, the words lose their context, dissolve into grains of absurdity in the vast ocean of day-to-day hunger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-marion/even-as-i-think-them-the-words-lose-their-context-dissolve-into/) [Isaac Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-marion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f5/isaac-marion-1033_absurdity_even-as-i-think-them-the-words-lose-thei_907735.png) > [“I am AFRAID OF TALKING WITH PEOPLE... MAINLY BECAUSE WORDS LOSE WEIGHT... MAINLY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PUT VALUE ON THEM.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/i-am-afraid-of-talking-with-people-mainly-because-words-lose-weight/) [Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f61/deyth-banger-871_afraid_i-am-afraid-of-talking-with-people-mainl_3130613.jpg) > [The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-corruption-of-man-is-followed-by-the-corruption-of-language-in/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_affection_the-corruption-of-man-is-followed-by-the_2144991.png) > [Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-words-lose-their-meaning-that/) [Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1c/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_1186157.png) > [Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it-s-words-that-need-us-if-we/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/haruki-murakami-21_ends_sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it_743115.jpg) > [Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us. If we were no longer here, words would lose their whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it-s-words-that-need-us-if-we-2/) [Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/haruki-murakami-21_language_sometimes-we-don-t-need-words-rather-it_2794701.jpg) > [To look at life without words is not to lose the ability to form words- to think, remember, and plan. To be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/to-look-at-life-without-words-is-not-to-lose-the-ability-to-form/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/365/anonymous-1_ability_to-look-at-life-without-words-is-not-to_1939526.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-lose/#itemlist", "name": "Words Lose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henri Nouwen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-words-lose-their-meaning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_88981.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_88981.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/henri-nouwen-600_closeness_somewhere-we-know-that-without-silence-w_88981.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Somewhere we know that without silence, words lose their meaning.” — Henri Nouwen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Confucius" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-lose-their-liberty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/confucius-164_inspirational_when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-los_2734834.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/confucius-164_inspirational_when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-los_2734834.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/confucius-164_inspirational_when-words-lose-their-meaning-people-los_2734834.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.” — Confucius", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over. from an essay for Writers by Nancy Crampton ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "W.H. 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