If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Nelson Mandela
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  1. The menu is not the meal. - Alan W. Watts

  2. Words are the clothes thoughts wear. - Samuel Beckett

  3. When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world. - George Steiner

  4. Philosophy, as we use the word, is a fight against the fascination which forms of expression exert upon us. - Ludwig Wittgenstein

  5. Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable. - Unknown

More Quotes By Nelson Mandela
  1. Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

  2. There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

  3. I am the captain of my soul.

  4. A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones

  5. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

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