“Words Mean Something...choose your words intentionally”

“It's the intent, not the word, that makes something harsh.”

“English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning.”

“We sometimes think of compassion as ‘kind intention.’ The Gospel writers meant more than that. The word actually means, ‘to have trembling bowels.’ In other words, biblical compassion is such a deep degree of care that it gnaws at your gut.”

“Why say something," he asked her, "if your words mean nothing?”

“None of us actually lives as though there were no truth. Our problem is more with the notion of a single, unchanging truth.The word 'true' suggest a relationship between things: being true to someone or something, truth as loyalty, or something that fits, as two surfaces may be said to be 'true.' It is related to 'trust,' and is fundamentally a matter of what one believes to be the case. The Latin word verum (true) is cognate with a Sanskrit word meaning to choose or believe: the option one chooses, the situation in which one places one's trust. Such a situation is not an absolute - it tells us not only about the chosen thing, but also about the chooser. It cannot be certain: it involves an act of faith and it involves being faithful to one's intentions.”