“Where Nature’s end of language is declin’d,
And men talk only to conceal the mind.”

“Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.”

“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.”

“It was mathematics, the non-empirical science par excellence, wherein the mind appears to play only with itself, that turned out to be the science of sciences, delivering the key to those laws of nature and the universe that are concealed by appearances.”

“There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds.”

“If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.”

“The language of men was involved with only one hemisphere in order to leave the other free for the language of the gods.”

“Language is as old as consciousness, language is practical, real consciousness that exists for other men as well, and only therefore does it also exist for me; language, like consciousness, only arises from the need, the necessity, of intercourse with other men.”

“We talk of unsophisticated nature—I should like to know where it is to be found.”

“Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.”