The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.
On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.
Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence.
Language is froth on the surface of thought.
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
People who grow up with two or more languages understand that each can express certain aspects of reality better than the other.
Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.
It is quite an illusion to imagine that one adjusts to reality essentially without the use of language and that language is merely an incidental means of solving specific problems of communication or reflection.