Elie Wiesel Quotes

Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power.

One must know and recognize not merely the direct but the secret power of the word.

You can change your world by changing your words... Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

It is very hard to trace the effect of words on a life.

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Words outlive people, institutions, civilizations. Words spur images, associations, memories, inspirations and synapse pulsations. Words send off physical resonations of thought into the nethersphere. Words hurt, soothe, inspire, demean, demand, incite, pacify, teach, romance, pervert, unite, divide. Words be powerful.

Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.

We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.

Words are what created our world. Words are what keep it going.

Words, for all they were flimsy and invisible, had great strength. They could be fortified as a castle wall and sharp as a foil. They could bite, slap, shock, wound. But unlike deeds, words couldn't really help you. No promise ever rescued a person; it was the carrying-through of it that brought about salvation.

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

The pen is mightier than the sword, but the tongue is mightier than them both put together.

Words are magical in the way they affect the minds of those who use them.

When I can make Of ten small words a rope to hang the world! "I had you and I have you now no more.

Your words are containers for power, and by the words you speak you frame your world!

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

One word," Ted replied, dead serious, "can change the whole world." There was a moment while we all considered this. Finally Lissa said to Chloe, loud enough for all of us to hear (she'd had a minibottle or two herself), "I bet he did really well on his SATs.

Words are your business, boy. Not just the word. Words are everything. The key to the rock, the answer to the question.

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

Be careful with words, they're dangerous. Be wary of them. They begat either demons or angels. It's up to you to give life to one or the other. Be careful, I tell you, nothing is as dangerous as giving free rein to words

To me, words are like stickpins. I can throw a word at you and it will bounce right off your body. But if I take that little stickpin and wire it to the back of an iron bar called human emotion, I can put that thing right through your heart.

If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

I can feel the power of the words doing the work. Must trust language more.

But words are more powerful than anything.