“God' is the name given to the most ‘important’ human idea. In English, as in other languages, the original sense of the word is obscure. But the character of the name is the same in all languages: it is a question. 'God' is the question 'Is there something more important than, something besides, man?”

“Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”

“I believe in the inherent power of language and letters and words. The world started with God saying something, because language is powerful.”

“The language of God is not English or Latin; the language of God is cellular and molecular.”

“Come now: Do we really think that the gods are everywhere called by the same names by which they are addressed by us? But the gods have as many names as there are languages among humans. For it is not with the gods as with you: you are Velleius wherever you go, but Vulcan is not Vulcan in Italy and in Africa and in Spain.”
Age et his vocabulis esse deos facimus quibus a nobis nominantur? At primum, quot hominum linguae, tot nomina deorum. Non enim, ut tu Velleius, quocumque veneris, sic idem in Italia, idem in Africa, idem in Hispania.

“The name of a person you love is more than language.”

“Moses was such a great prophet and philosopher at the same time. He even dared to question and ask for God's real name.”

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.”

“Even God had a Welsh name:
He spoke to him in the old language”

“Because you could not translate the word apartheid into the more universal language of English, the wrong connotation was given to it.”