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Quotes About Language

Si la imaginación del hombre es tan débil que no acierta a inventar un garabato que diferencie claramente el cero de la O, Jacinto, todo ha de ser confusión, convéncete, porque hay mucha gente interesada en armarla (la confusión) porque de ella (de la confusión) sacan tajada los vivos, ¿te das cuenta?, y la única oportunidad de convivencia que se nos dio a los humanos, la Torre de Babel, la desperdiciamos bien tontamente.
~ Miguel Delibes
You can speak. What other animal on the planet can speak? The word is the most powerful tool you have as a human; it is the tool of magic. But like a sword with two edges, your word can create the most beautiful dream, or your word can destroy everything around you. One edge is the misuse of the word, which creates a living hell.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Be impeccable with your words
~ Miguel Ruiz
Be impeccable with your word.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Your word is pure magic, and misuse of your word is black magic.
~ Miguel Ruiz
The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force;
~ Miguel Ruiz
When we see the world through a computer virus, it is easy to justify the cruelest behavior. What we don't see is that misuse of our word is putting us deeper into hell.
~ Miguel Ruiz
I was using symbols to try to understand the truth, when the real truth is that the symbols have nothing to say about the truth. The truth existed long before humans created symbols.
~ Miguel Ruiz
It is through the word that you manifest everything. Regardless of what language you speak, your intent manifests through the word. What you dream, what you feel, and what you really are, will all be manifested through the word.
~ Miguel Ruiz
The word is the most powerful tool you have as a human; it is the tool of magic.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Depending upon how it is used, the word can set you free, or it can enslave you even more than you know. All the magic you possess is based on your word.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Humans are born with the power of creation, and we are constantly creating stories with the words that we learned.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Hacemos un mal uso de las palabras con gran frecuencia, y así es como creamos y perpetuamos el sueño del infierno
~ Miguel Ruiz
A szavak ereje nem csak pusztítani, hanem gyógyítani is tud. Magyarul, ha az ember ostobának hiszi magát, és valaki azt mondja: igen, te vagy a legostobább ember, akivel találkoztam, csak megerÅ'síti benne ezt a meggyÅ'zÅ'dést.
~ Miguel Ruiz
The word is not just a sound or a written symbol. The word is a force; it is the power you have to express and communicate, to think, and thereby to create the events in your life.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Impeccable comes from the Latin pecatus, which means "sin." The im in impeccable means "without," so impeccable means "without sin.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Las palabras son como semillas
~ Miguel Ruiz
Ser impecable con tus palabras es no utilizarlas contra ti mismo.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Through the word, you express your creative power. It is through the word that you manifest everything.
~ Miguel Ruiz
The word is pure magic — the most powerful gift we have as humans — and we use it against ourselves
~ Miguel Ruiz
All humans are artists, all of us. Every symbol, every word, is a little piece of art. From my point of view, and thanks to our programming, our greatest masterpiece of art is the use of a language to create an entire virtual reality within our mind.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Be skeptical because most of what you hear isn't true. You know that humans speak with symbols, and that symbols aren't the truth. Symbols are only the truth because we agree, not because they are really the truth.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Estoy gordo. Soy feo. Me hago viejo. Me estoy quedando calvo. Soy estúpido, nunca entiendo nada. Nunca seré lo suficientemente bueno. Nunca seré perfecto». ¿Ves de qué modo utilizamos las palabras contra nosotros mismos? Es necesario que empecemos a comprender lo que son las palabras y lo que hacen. Si entiendes el Primer Acuerdo (Sé impecable con tus palabras), verás cuántos cambios ocurren en tu vida.
~ Miguel Ruiz
Why is everyone such a cunt about grammer?
~ Mike Philbin