Mere Words Quotes

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Hardened round us, encasing wholly every notion we form is a wrapping of traditions, hearsay's, and mere words. — Thomas Carlyle
We have all been hearing from childhood of such things as love, peace, charity, equality, and universal brotherhood; but they have become to us mere… — Swami Vivekananda
Theories are usually the over-hasty efforts of an impatient understanding that would gladly be rid of phenomena, and so puts in their place pictures, notions,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A map in the hands of a pilot is a testimony of a man's faith in other men; it is a symbol of confidence and… — Beryl Markham
All my life I have been acutely aware of a contradiction in the very nature of my existence. For forty-five years I struggled to resolve… — Yukio Mishima
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give - my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength,… — Elizabeth Prentiss
And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words. — Tony Abbott
We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is direct knowledge. That… — Frederick Lenz
Have you ever stopped to consider the power of words? Through mere words, wars have started and ended. Tender feelings have been hurt and soothed.… — Randall Wright
Whatever we read from intense curiosity gives us the model of how we should always read. Plodding along page after page with an equal attention… — Ernest Dimnet
Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart. — William Shakespeare
My hope and prayer is that the body of Christ in America will awake with holy boldness, a boldness content neither with silence nor mere… — Frank R. Wolf
Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic… — Oscar Wilde
It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a… — Joseph Goebbels
There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And… — James McBride
Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic… — Oscar Wilde
Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3) — Swami Satchidananda
One should therefore not rely on mere words, but everywhere search for the intention behind them. (121) — Edward Conze
Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand) — Haruki Murakami
Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten… — Richard Dawkins

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