Cultural anthropology is not valuable because it uncovers the archaic in the psychological sense. It is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering the normal.

More and more, unsolicited gifts from without are likely to be received with unconscious resentment.

The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is very different from the psychology of a language which one accepts of one's free will.

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.