A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- New terms can refresh and redirect conversations.
- In plain terms
- A new word is like planting a seed in a conversation.
- What can you take from it?
- New words change how we talk and think.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What new words do you wish existed?
- How does a new term change a conversation?
Another view
It assumes new words always help rather than confuse.
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A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view.
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