Communication Quote by Wilfrid Sellars

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

— Antoine Rivarol

Thinking ... is a soundless dialogue, it is the weaving of patterns, it is a search for meaning. The activity of thought contributes to…

— Vera John-Steiner

The inner speech, your thoughts, can cause you to be rich or poor, loved or unloved, happy or unhappy, attractive or unattractive, powerful or…

— Ralph Charell

Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind…

— Plato

“The inner aim of thought is never fully realized until it ripens into vocal utterances through which others can have access- albeit indirect- to…

— Stephen Batchelor

Speech is but the incorporation of thought.

— Joseph Joubert

Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

— John Andrew Holmes

“Inner speech seems to be an important part of System 2 thinking.”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

Definite speech means clarity of mind.

— Mark Twain

The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious…

— B. F. Skinner

These thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to…

— Albert Einstein