The Master doesn't try to be powerful;
thus he is truly powerful.
The ordinary man keeps reaching for power;
thus he never has enough.

The Master does nothing,
yet he leaves nothing undone.
The ordinary man is always ding things,
yet many more are left to be done.
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Therefore the Master concerns himself
With the depths and not the surface,
With the fruit and not the flower.
[…]
Teaching without words,
Performing without actions:
That is the Master’s way.
[…]
The Master arrives without leaving,
Sees the light without looking,
Achieves without doing a thing.
[…]
The Master is above the people,
And no one feels oppressed.
She goes ahead of the people,
And no feels manipulated.
The whole world is grateful to her.
Because she completes with no one,
No one can complete with her.

Lao Tzu

Tags: words power fruit actions powerful flower complete enough do master depths surface leave reach manipulate ahead oppressed above truly arrive

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However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their transformation into art begins.

Yukio Mishima

Tags: words art

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The innumerable worlds in the Milky Way, words.

Jack Kerouac

Tags: words worlds quotes-for-writers

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Four-letter words have always offended me. I cringe at hearing them. Can't, don't, and won't are the worst.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Tags: words language cant curse expletives offense richelle richelle-goodrich cuss-word dont obsenity wont

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I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack

Nina Jean Slack

Tags: words love writing writers emotions authors writer author emotional

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It’s just words. How can words be dangerous?”
“You have a lot to learn about the world, baby girl. Nothing is more dangerous than words.”
“That’s stupid. What about a gun? A gun can kill you dead.”
“Only your body,” Billy said. “It can’t kill your soul. Words can kill your soul.

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Tags: words soul dangerous gun killing-the-soul

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I love the words, because they love me too.

M.F. Moonzajer

Tags: words love love-me

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There are things known—things experienced, felt, and understood—that words hold no power to convey. Attempting to do so only dilutes their substance and does them injustice.

Richelle E. Goodrich

Tags: words writing understanding truths experiences richelle richelle-goodrich

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It is our duty and our joy to communicate our hearts to each other. Words assist us in this task.

Kate DiCamillo

Tags: words reading vocabulary verbage

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...there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

Patricia MacLachlan

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