Quote by Aldous Huxley
But no language is perfect, no vocabulary is adequate to the wealth of the given universe, no pattern of words and sentences, however rich, however subtle, can do justice to the interconnected Gestalts with which experience presents us. Consequently the phenomenal forms of our name-conditioned universe are by nature delusory and fallacious. Wisdom comes only to those who have learned how to talk and read and write without taking language more seriously than it deserves. As the only begotten of civilization and even of our humanity, language must be taken very seriously. Seriously, too, as an instrument (when used with due caution) for thinking about the relationships between phenomena. But it must never be taken seriously when it is used, as in the old creedal religions and their modern political counterparts, as being in any way the equivalents of immediate experience or as being a source of true knowledge about the nature of things.
Summary
This quote explains that no language can truly capture the vastness and complexity of the universe or accurately depict the interconnectedness of our experiences. The forms and patterns of words and sentences are inherently limited and cannot fully encompass the depth and truth of our reality. Wisdom, therefore, comes to those who understand that language should not be taken more seriously than it deserves. While language is a crucial tool for communication and thinking, it should not be regarded as equivalent to direct experience or a source of absolute knowledge about the nature of things, as it can be misleading and delusory.
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