Benjamin Whichcote Quotes

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

If I was asked to say what was the greatest invention of human beings, I would say the sentence.

Language is froth on the surface of thought.

If intelligence is the triumph of life, the spoken word is the marvellous means by which this intelligence is manifested.

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

A word is no light matter. Words have with truth been called fossil poetry, each, that is, a symbol of a creative thought.

Reason and speech we onely bring.

There are many tongues to talk, and but few heads to think.

He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe.

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.

Speech is the index of the mind.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

Language cares.

Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.

A quote is just a tattoo on the tongue.

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last.

Thought is made in the mouth.

Words are powerful. When I make mistakes I just try to come back and clarify what I meant.

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.

Speech is the mirror of action.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

The only thing you have to know are your words.

Words are the small change of thought.