Commonplace Quote by Anonymous

Reading or written language is a cultural invention that necessitated totally new connections among structures in the human brain underlying language, perception, cognition, and,…

— Maryanne Wolf

Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.

— Peter Abelard

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers.

— Toni Morrison

Language is one of the fundamental principles of human understanding. It is the way we interact with each other and how we grasp the…

— Linus Torvalds

Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind…

— Ben Okri

Language is so inherent to humanity, so necessary for even basic thinking, that stories and poetry are available to anyone who can process language.

— Aleksandar Hemon

Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language…

— Iris Murdoch

“In fact, the Latin root of the word literacy is the same as for the word intellect: leggere, “to read.” The source for the…

— Benjamin Blech

You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane life. Language…

— Talal Asad

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

— Anonymous

The symbiotic relationship between reading and writing is a cornerstone of our individual intellectual journey and our educational system. We write as an act…

— Marita Golden

“Language is the gateway of the mind and a bridge that connects us to other human beings. Language enables a person to share their…

— Kilroy J. Oldster