Quotes by Daumal, Rene

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a >>

Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more o >>

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it >>

Quotations about Words

Tsze-Kung asked, saying, is there one word which may serve as a rule >>

Words are alive; cut them and they bleed. >>

Words can have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they c >>

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

Daumal, Rene