Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Words are things, but things which mean. We cannot do away with meaning without doing away with signs, that is, with language itself. Moreover, we would have to do away with the universe. All the things man touches are impregnated with meaning.
Truth is in things, and not in words.
It's only words... unless they're true.
Words, without power, is mere philosophy.
If words don't have vibration behind them, and a real feeling behind them, then they're just words.
Words are just words.
Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.
It shows the truth - that the real meaning of a word is only as powerful or harmless as the emotion behind it.
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.
All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.
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