May 25

“Oh! That we all knew or remembered what words are! Surely they are the most terrible powers in this universe. No chemical combinations that I have ever heard of are like them for effects, good or mischievous, heavenly or diabolical.”

F. D. MAURICE

“Ah! Light words from those whom we love and honour, what a power ye are! and how carelessly wielded by those who can use you! Surely for these things also god will ask an account.”

TOM HUGHES

“Words are mighty, words are living;
Serpents with their venomous stings,
Or bright angels crowding round us;
With heaven’s light upon their wings;
Every word has its own spirit,
True or false, that never dies;
Every word man’s lips have uttered
Echoes in God’s skies.”

A. A. PROCTOR

“Human words, remember, do more than convey bare facts, they convey the tone of the mind from which they come.”

KNOX LITTLE