The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

To have another language is to possess a second soul.

Language is the means of getting an idea from my brain into yours without surgery.
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

Language is the mirror of the mind.
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
The limits of my language are the limits of my world.

Language is the source of misunderstandings.
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Language is the dress of thought.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.