Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

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

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.

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

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.

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.

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