We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if
mankind is to survive.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if
mankind is to survive.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est read more

Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth
to it.
[Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment
et la verite.]

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.

If language had been the creation not of poetry but of logic, we should only have one.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of read more

If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.