Difficult Quote by Plato

So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.

— John Locke

Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them.

— Jasper Fforde

. . . as long as there are movement and harmony, there are words.

— Shannon Hale

I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object…

— Alfred Korzybski

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only…

— Martin Luther King Jr

We must find out what words are and how they function. They become images when written down, but images of words repeated in the…

— William S. Burroughs

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

— Confucius

“Because it is occasionally possible, just for brief moments, to find the words that will unlock the doors of all those many mansions inside…

— Ted Hughes

“Words, no matter whether they are vocalized and made into sounds or remain unspoken as thoughts, can cast an almost hypnotic spell upon you.…

— Eckhart Tolle

There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher…

— Paulo Coelho

“Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want. Perhaps better with music? But…

— Doris Lessing

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero