Burden Quote by Peter Elbow

One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.

— Jose Saramago

It is probably impossible to think without words, but if we permit ourselves to think with the wrong words, we shall soon be entertaining…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

People never think about words, they only feel them.

— Han Suyin

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

— Hermann Hesse

Words are a lens to focus one's mind.

— Ayn Rand

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

— Margaret Heffernan

Be careful of your thoughts- they may become words at any time.

— Anonymous

Sometimes you don't know the effect of words until you hear it used on you.

— Mike Colter

Words don't come very easily to me. Which, given my profession, is a worrying impediment.

— Nick Hornby

For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

— Anonymous

It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.

— Orson Scott Card

Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things.

— William H. Gass