Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

The language of truth is unadorned and always simple.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

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 a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles read more

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean