Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language.

Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66 children, 0.032 cars, and 0.046 TVs.

I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina.

Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

Knowledge—like a nail—is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.