Found Quote by Washington Irving

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of a larger meaning; he…

— Samuel Johnson

“Not only does language reflect a person’s thinking, but it also reinforces a person’s thinking.”

— Tim Sanders

Language is froth on the surface of thought.

— John McCarthy

“When a word is deprived of its dimension of action,reflection automatically suffers as well and the word is changed into idle chatter, into verbalism,into…

— Paulo Freire

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

— Cesar Chavez

Speech is the mirror of the mind.

— Seneca the Younger

“Mirroring makes speech possible; language relies on the reflective quality of I and you through which verbal interaction becomes possible.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Spoken words had more weight than those that lay dormant as thoughts”

— F.S. Bala

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero