Language Quotes

The chief merit of language is clearness.

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly express how much I want to hit you with a chair. (Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson)

The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.

Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.

We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.

To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.

The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

There is only one caste the caste of humanity. There is only one religion the religion of love. There is only one language the language of the heart.