Best One Word Wisdom

368 One Word quotes by 306 unique authors

Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do… — Laurence Olivier
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'. — Dan Quayle
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence. — Bertrand Russell
If any of you should ask me for an epitome of the Christian religion, I should say that it is in one word - prayer.… — Charles Spurgeon
Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine. — Swami Vivekananda
King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of… — Cornel West
The assurance of Heaven is never given to the person. And that's why at the core of the Christian faith is the grace of God.… — Ravi Zacharias
the one Word that rips apart the day... — Thomas Pynchon
I thought Marcus was going to be in my life forever. Then I thought I was wrong. Now he’s back. But this time I know… — Megan McCafferty
I believe that around us there is only one word on all sides, one immense word which reveals our solitude and extinguishes our radiance: Nothing!… — Henri Barbusse
The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't… — Kurt Vonnegut
Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand. — Flann O'Brien
The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can… — Nhat Hanh
In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot. — Czeslaw Milosz
This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy,… — Neil Gaiman
The biggest defeat in every department of life is to forget, especially the things that have done you in, and to die without realizing how… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
What is the good of words if they aren't important enough to quarrel over? Why do we choose one word more than another if there… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are all a volume on a shelf of a library, a story unto ourselves, never possibly described with one word or even very accurately… — Deb Caletti
When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. But that is all it… — Stephen King
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections… — Jane Austen
there is one word that can be the guide for your life- it is the word reciprocity. — Pearl S. Buck
If, as I suspect, my body survives by uttering itself over and over again, then I have some questions. If [I] am one word, so… — Louise Erdrich
Christianity does not want us to reduce by one atom the hatred we feel for cruelty and treachery. We ought to hate them. Not one… — C.S. Lewis
Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others. — Douglas Adams

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