But in due course it became evident that not only a physical situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was sometimes a factor, through the behavior of people, in the start of a fire.

Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about.

The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.

Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft.

A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos.

Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.