I love the German and the Swiss people for their many fine traits of character. I love their language that is so exacting and yet so expressive.
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Wherever I go throughout the world - no matter the language, no matter the culture - I thrill to hear the testimonies of the Saints.
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.'
Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.
The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.
You learned the concept 'pain' when you learned language.
Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
A marvellous power of expression over language often distinguishes genius; but Shakespeare in his phrases seems independent of the bonds of language... →
George Edward Woodberry
Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would... →