Author of quotes: Lev Uspensky

Shorn sheep saw horses pulling the heavily Laden cart, and said, "my Heart bleeds when I see people drive the horse!" But the horse answered: "my Heart bleeds when I see that people have made warm clothes from the wool of sheep, and the sheep go shorn! Sheep may be more difficult than horses." Hearing this, the sheep went out in the field...

Man created language, and language has repaid his Creator handsomely. It allowed him to develop the human brain, ennobled it, gave me the opportunity to think, to struggle and to grow. It is many times easier and made more fruitful tireless human labor.

You go anywhere into the deep forest, along the river, which flows into the White sea. Trail zmeitsya forward. And suddenly from centuries ate some dziadok friendly shouts to you: "Hey, friend! The amplitude don't go: there's fucking gorgeous!" What think you?
You think: "Ded or not Russian or a Joker! "Nyasha"! Pray tell! What it is: "beech", "ugh"? I found something to frighten!"
But don't get lost in conjecture; ask any Northern village and find out: no, "nyasha" not "beech". "Nyasha" - in the local dialect of the swamp.

We now have in the Russian language, as you very well know, there are two different "numbers" - singular and plural. A few centuries ago, they had three: singular, plural and dual. It's strange for all of us "third digit" was used initially everywhere where it was about paired objects like human eyes, hands, feet, animal horns, etc. Each noun of this type can be inclined also in the dual number, different from the singular and from the plural; the cases had quite different endings.

Each tool brings the highest benefit in the hands of someone who deeply studied, who owns a master.

... I think we are not images, but words. Thought, not even said aloud, already embodied in words in the human brain. You've probably noticed many people have the habit of thinking, to move his lips. It is no wonder: it's in the mind thinking and moving beyond them, but the nascent thought-the words, rushing to the outside world. Man "himself" says his thoughts as suggestions. Sometimes, however, in the brain arise not sound, and the silent, "written" forms of words. From those of others and develop our thoughts. That's what inner speech.