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Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes

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Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) Too long has the public mind considered religion to be synonymous with priestcraft  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) A change in language can transform our appreciation of the cosmos  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) Speech is the best show a man puts on  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) 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  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it. So if, from perhaps some unhealthy desire for sympathetic support, you describe your life in negative terms you will find that this will reinforce your mind’s negative emotions and make you unhappy and even more susceptible to feeling unhappy in the future. By simply doing the reverse and focusing on why you are lucky and grateful things are not worse, you will strengthen and increase your mind’s positive emotions and make yourself happy and even more likely to feel happy in the future  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes) We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it  (Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes)