Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
Language is handy, but we humans have social and emotional connections that transcend words and are communicated - and understood - without conscious thought.
Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.
Human beings do not live in the objective world alone, nor alone in the world of social activity as ordinarily understood, but are very much at the mercy of the particular language which has become the medium of expression for their society.
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.
All of us are much more human than otherwise.
Less is always more. The best language is silence. We live in a time of a terrible inflation of words, and it is worse than the inflation of money.
Human beings are human beings whether they speak or not.