- "Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
Words are more than enunciations and pronunciations created and shaped by the tongue, vocal cords, and lungs. More than ink inscribed into specific patterns, figures, and shapes. Those things are mere manifestations of the intangible knowledge blooming to existence. Words are the medium through which the wellspring of information, knowledge, and wisdom is passed from one to another. Also, they are the conduit for the expression of emotion, whether positive or negative.
A spiteful word can create animosity which can cause one to murder another. A kind word can take save somebody from taking his own life. There is great power whether for salvation or damnation in the core of words.
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