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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.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
Mechanical difficulties with language are the outcome of internal difficulties with thought.
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.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.
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
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
Change your language and you change your thoughts.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.
The coldest word was once a glowing new metaphor.