Language Quote by Francis Bacon

There arises from a bad and unapt formation of words a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

— Francis Bacon

“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but…

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

“But due to some strange lack of neural coordination between the faculties of thinking and speaking, or perhaps to the crucial lifeline that lucidity…

— María Dueñas

“Words, after all, are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered.”

— Vivek Shanbhag

“But living amid so many words, I overestimated their power and breadth. The world does not turn on words alone; it only seems to…

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

“Words affect the mind in a pronounced way. Whether they are spoken or written, they are powerful influences.”

— Robin S. Sharma

“Most of the time, because of their failure to fasten on to words, my thoughts remain misty and nebulous. They assume vague, amusing shapes…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“It may indeed be said that the word is never a more splendid mystery than when it travels in a man's mind from thought…

— Victor Hugo

“The good words reveal weaknesses and unleash potential.”

— Toba Beta

“There are some feelings, and actions, for which words are utterly useless.”

— James Patterson

“Words are powerful. They too can be the agents of what is new, of what is conceivable and can be thought and let loose…

— David Malouf

“What words cannot convey ... the mind can read.”

— Stephen Richards