What demonstrates the power of words better then quotes?

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.

Spock

Oh, there are so many.

When I was struggling with the realisation of my atheism, there were many little quotes that I held on to, like Mark Twain’s “I was dead for millions of years before I was born, and was never inconvenienced in the slightest.” and the fantastic Gene Roddenberry’s “We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes”

I like the proverb “If you truly believe you are too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent the night with a mosquito.”

And on the “spiritual” end: “I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.” – Kahlil Gibran

Poetry demonstrates the power of words as well as or better than quotes.

@Seek_Kolinahr Lurve will always be given at the mention of Kahlil Gibran.

My favorite is Groucho’s: “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”

Agreed. Kahlil speaks my mind opens. I do not disagree @marinelife. I was using the line of reasoning where more is less. If something moves you profoundly and can be condensed to a couple of sentences its way better then detergent x3… @Seek_Kolinahr I like the parable too good choice. I love Mark Twain however I do not follow the logic of it, I can see why someone else does. @filmfann love the word play have no idea what it means.

I think the recorded word is also very powerful. This scene from “Cocoanuts”, featuring Groucho and Chico, is a great illustration of the comedic power of words.

One quote from a fictional character in Dracula, I always remembered for some reason. Although sympathy cannot alter facts, it can make them more bearable. The character was Mina Harker, and I can’t quite explain why it had an impact on me and still does; it just does.

@Yetanotheruser comic frustration is what I get from that. Always so much better when it happens to some one else.
@Symbeline very beautiful. The world seems softened .. gentler when we have someone on our side. I didn’t read Dracula but I was reminded of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein when I read this quote.