Enlargement Quote by Benjamin Lee Whorf

When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.

— Edwin Paxton Hood

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

— William Shakespeare

The tongue of man is powerful enough to render the ideas which the human intellect conceives; but in the realm of true and deep…

— Lajos Kossuth

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

— Victor Hugo

“The fantastically wasteful prodigality of human tongues, the Babel enigman, points to a vital multiplication of mortal liberties. Each language speaks the world in…

— George Steiner

“The tongue is our most powerful weapon of manipulation. A frantic stream of words flows from us because we are in a constant process…

— Richard J. Foster

We live in our language like blind men walking on the edge of an abyss. This language is laden with future catastrophes. The day…

— Gershom Scholem

“Our tongue determines many of the curses or blessings we receive.”

— Ana Mendez Ferrell

“You may say, I thought the Lord would give us the gift of tongues. He won't if we are too indolent to study them.…

— John Taylor

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee; he that thinks he never can speak enough may easily speak too…

— Francis Quarles

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.

— Pat Williams

No tongue can express the greatness of the love which Jesus Christ bears to our souls. He did not wish that between Him and…

— Peter of Alcantara