Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.

If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk read more

Thanks to words, we have been able to rise above the brutes; and thanks to words, we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a
common language.

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

I am the King of Rome, and above grammar.
[Lat., Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam.]

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.

There was speech in their dumbness, language in their very
gesture.