Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
Interpretation
Words have the power to influence and affect humanity positively or negatively.
This quote emphasizes the immense power that words hold in shaping our reality and the feelings of others. Yehuda Berg suggests that we have a choice in how we use this force—either to uplift and encourage or to bring about harm and despair, highlighting the responsibility that comes with our words and the impact they can have on ourselves and those around us.
In practice
In a motivational speech, one might say, 'Remember, words are a powerful force; choose them wisely.'
It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.
Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.
Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to overcome laziness and merit, the effort to make each activity of our day meditation.
The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.
If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.
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