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“Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.”

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David Crystal

David Crystal is a distinguished British linguist, author, and broadcaster, born on July 6, 1941. He has made substantial contributions to linguistics through his extensive research and publications. Crystal has authored more than 100 books on language, grammar, and phonetics, and has presented numerous television and radio programs on these topics. more

“We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.”

“If we look at the realm of knowledge, how exceedingly small and limited is that part acquired through our own senses; how wide is that we gain from other sources.”

Ifs Looks Source Perception Gains Wide Senses Realms

Book:Sermons

Source: Sermons

“Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.”

Philosophy Body Effort Perception Medicine Senses Appeals Enjoyment Impress Soma

Author:Claude Debussy

“There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses.”

Ideas Real Moon Perception Senses Grass

Author:Jane Campion

“The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.”

Reason Earth Perception Senses Contemplation

Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

“Every second of every day, our senses bring in way too much data than we can possibly process in our brains.”

Way Process Brain Too Much Perception Senses Data Every Second

Author:Peter Diamandis

“All fiction relies on the real world in the sense that we all take in the world through our five senses and we accumulate details, consciously or subconsciously. This accumulation of detail can be drawn on when you write fiction.”

World Writing Real Fiction Five Perception Details Senses Rely Real World Accumulation Five Senses

Author:Rohinton Mistry

“Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.”

Self Truth Suffering Violence Eternal Saint Untruth Truth Love Quench

Book:Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

“Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.”

People Doe Matter Reason Light Truth Mouths Tests Golden Old People Babe Golden Rule

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.”

Humans Truth Values Dies Human Beings Prove Abstract Readiness

Book:Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

Source: Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects

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