Quotes by Kenneth L. Pike

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Linguist and anthropologist · American · 1912–2000

American linguist and anthropologist (1912–2000)

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“Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.”

“When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.”

“Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.”

“The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.”

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“Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.”
— Kenneth L. Pike
Change Present Human

“When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.”
— Kenneth L. Pike
Truth God Abstract

“The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.”
— Kenneth L. Pike
Believe Guilt Price

“Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.”
— Kenneth L. Pike
Results Continue Than

“Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.”
— Kenneth L. Pike
Society Behavior Know