Babylonian Talmud Quotes

The tongue is more to be feared than the sword.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Words are like weapons; they wound sometimes.

Words can be like baseball bats when used maliciously.

… poison tongues …

The greatest menace in the world is not poison gas. There are gas masks against that. The menace is poisoned words, poisoned ideas. The greatest menace in the world is not poison gas. There are gas masks against that. The menace is poisoned words, poisoned ideas.

Here words can kill - literally.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Slander is poison to the soul.

O tongue you are an endless treasure. O tongue, you are also an endless disease.

A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.

All parts of the body get tired eventually—except the tongue.

… a word carries far--very far--deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.

Many will equate words with violence, claiming that harsh criticism and invective are akin to physical abuse. According to this view, violence may be inflicted upon a person merely by offending them. Anyone who claims to believe this, despite never having experienced actual fist-in-their-face, gun-at-their-back, war-in-their-streets physical violence, may need to check their privilege. … if we tear down the distinction between words and violence, then why not simply use violence to solve our problems as a first rather than a last resort?

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression.

I just think that as much as we say sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me - words do hurt.

How much an ill word may empoison liking!

The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission

The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing

Cause if you shoot a bullet someone dies. If you drop a bomb many die. You hit a woman, love dies. But if you say the F-word... nothing actually happens.

Words aren't hurting anybody. Words are not causing any damage, not expressly and not directly. But we're so focused on the words.