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> [Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/thought-control-like-birth-control-is-best-undertaken-as-long-as/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

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## More by Richard Mitchell

> [“That's how ideas and the institutions they generate come to be in the first place. It is in strings of words that we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/that-s-how-ideas-and-the-institutions-they-generate-come-to-be-in-the/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [Some minds, at some point, discover that they can not make sense of their own predications without attention to grammar, although they do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/some-minds-at-some-point-discover-that-they-can-not-make-sense-of/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [His jargon conceals, from him, but not from us, the deep, empty hole in his mind. He uses technological language as a substitute for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/his-jargon-conceals-from-him-but-not-from-us-the-deep-empty-hole-in/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [Here is a truth that most teachers will not tell you, even if they know it: Good training is a continual friend and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/here-is-a-truth-that-most-teachers-will-not-tell-you-even-if-they/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [A mind can be overthrown by words; that's the point. What is happening to the brain of a person who uses the passive, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/a-mind-can-be-overthrown-by-words-that-s-the-point-what-is-happening/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [Training is a good dog, a constant companion and an utterly loyal and devoted friend, and everyone should have one. Education is a nagging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/training-is-a-good-dog-a-constant-companion-and-an-utterly-loyal-and/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [“Like prepositional phrases, certain structural arrangements in English are much more important than the small bones of grammar in its most technical sense. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/like-prepositional-phrases-certain-structural-arrangements-in-english/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [A line runs from the meditations of the heart to the words of the mouth. The meditations are not clear to us until the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/a-line-runs-from-the-meditations-of-the-heart-to-the-words-of-the/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [“His prose, like the thinking it reveals, is full of cloudy suggestions of something beyond the range of mere cognition. He has been given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/his-prose-like-the-thinking-it-reveals-is-full-of-cloudy-suggestions/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/if-you-cannot-be-the-master-of-your-language-you-must-be-its-slave-if/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/you-can-shoot-the-tiger-or-stay-out-of-his-way-but-you-cannot/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [People who cannot put strings of sentences together in good order cannot think. An educational system that does not teach the technology of writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/people-who-cannot-put-strings-of-sentences-together-in-good-order/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [There is no other way to judge the work of a mind except through its words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/there-is-no-other-way-to-judge-the-work-of-a-mind-except-through-its/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [Clear language engenders clear thought, and clear thought is the most important benefit of education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/clear-language-engenders-clear-thought-and-clear-thought-is-the-most/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

> [Educationists are entertaining. We can always find a good laugh in their prose, with its special, ludicrous combination of ignorance and pretentiousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-mitchell/educationists-are-entertaining-we-can-always-find-a-good-laugh-in/)

[Richard Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-mitchell/)

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