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

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Language is memory and metaphor.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it read more

Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to
my horse--German.

Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.

Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people came from and where they are going.

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.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.