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1 " Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3) "
― Satchidananda , The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali
2 " In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal. But if we stop at that point and concern ourselves only with the marvels of the formation of a language, seeking the hidden reason of all its apparent caprices, we do not reach that end, for grammar is not literature… When we come to literature, we find that, though it conforms to the rules of grammar, it is yet a thing of joy; it is freedom itself. The beauty of a poem is bound by strict laws, yet it transcends them. The laws are its wings. They do not keep it weighed down. They carry it to freedom. Its form is in law, but its spirit is in beauty. Law is the first step toward freedom, and beauty is the complete liberation which stands on the pedestal of law. Beauty harmonizes in itself the limit and the beyond – the law and the liberty. "
― Rabindranath Tagore , Sadhana
3 " Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words have the ability to change our lives simply by being next to each other. "
― Kamand Kojouri
4 " Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words can change our lives simply by being next to each other. "
5 " Nothing renews my faith in humanity more than the exchange of compassion so profound that mere words cannot embrace it. "
― Tiffany Madison , Black and White
6 " The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no " meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day. "
7 " Perhaps I should not hope to convey in mere words the unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence and barren immensity. "
― H.P. Lovecraft , Dagon et autres nouvelles de terreur
8 " 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 the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away that life. Next to that, all the rules and religions in the world are secondary; mere words and beliefs that people choose to believe and kill and hate by. My life won't be lived that way, and neither, I hope, will my children's. "
― James McBride , The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
9 " It's important to recognize that forgiveness is more than mere words it's a heart attitude that induces a spiritual transformation. "
