Ba'al Shem Tov, Noach 76/בעל שם טוב על התורה·נח ע״ו

1Whether in Torah study or in prayer, if a person understands the simple meaning of the words or the practical law to be derived from his studies, he binds Malchus, which is speech, to Binah, which is thought.Toldos Yaakov Yosef, Va’eschanan, p. 176c