Theme: “More than Words”

💬 Quote Library — containing “More than Words”

The Limits of My Language Mean the Limits of My World

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.

from Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein

📖 Excerpts Library

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

The Mental-Rational Structure Is Focused on Words

As its name suggests, the mental-rational structure, which Gebser believed began circa 1225 B.C., is characterized by rational, discursive thought, the kind of logical, sequential thinking associated with the left brain. Whereas the previous structure of consciousness, the mythic, is...

Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman

🎼 Song Excerpts

Words Are Trivial

Feelings are intense, words are trivial

Using Words You Will Find Are Strange

Using words you will find are strange - Mesmerized as they light the flame - Feel the new wind of change

A Thousand Words to Deceive Me More and More

You can resurrect a thousand words to deceive me more and more

Words Are Meaningless, and Forgettable

Words are meaningless, and forgettable

Your Lips Move but I Can’t Hear What You’re Saying

There is no pain you are receding - A distant ship, smoke on the horizon - You are only coming through in waves - Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

I’m like a Bird Without a Song

I'm like a bird without a song

Why Do I Find It Hard to Write the Next Line?

I bought a ticket to the world, but now I've come back again - Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh I want the truth to be said

Words Stumble ’Round Your Head

Down from the clouds, words stumble 'round your head - Just can't believe in everything they've said

Forever in Debt to Your Priceless Advice

Hey, wait, I got a new complaint, Forever in debt to your priceless advice...

The Language Is Leaving Me in Silence

The language is leaving me in silence

Making Smart with Their Words Again

Don't you think that it's boring how people talk? Making smart with their words again, well I'm bored

People Writing Songs That Voices Never Shared

People talking without speaking - People hearing without listening - People writing songs that voices never shared - No one dared, disturb the sound of silence

More than Words, Is All You Have to Do to Make It Real

More than words, Is all you have to do to make it real

A Way to Talk Around the Problem

There's a progress we have found - (when the rain) - A way to talk around the problem - (when the children reign) - Building towered foresight - (keep your conscience in the dark) - Isn't anything at all - (melt the statues in the park)