<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Language becomes a practice of transformation when... > Language becomes a practice of transformation when self-dialogue moves from unconscious repetition to deliberate authorship. The words repeated within us help organize attention, expectation, emotion, and action, which makes inner speech a trainable part of conduct rather than a private ornament. **Source:** [[livestreams/Language, Self-Dialogue, and the Practice of Transformation - Workbook|Language, Self-Dialogue, and the Practice of Transformation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Language becomes a practice of transformation when self-dialogue moves from unconscious repetition to deliberate authorship. The words repeated within us help organize attention, expectation, emotion, and action, which makes inner speech a trainable part of conduct rather than a private ornament.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-language-becomes-practice-rather-private-ornament ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->