2,489 Quotes About Language

How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language.

Music is the Universal Language that allows all people to communicate with each other.

Don't you find it odd that two of the foremost symptoms of insanity are the hearing voices and talking to oneself? Is it any wonder that language is an area of such interest in psychology?(attrib: F.L. Vanderson)

Nur im fluss des Lebens haben die Worte ihre Bedeutung.

Never mistake legibility for communication.

Sometimes a fool says something wise without the intention to do that, and the awareness of having done that.

How beautiful to touch another's soul with a word, a gesture, a thought.

The name of a thing gets in the way of us seeing more of it.

La gran literatura no es más que el lenguaje cargado de sentido hasta el grado máximo que sea posible.