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> [Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/second-order-effects-such-as-belief-in-belief-makes-fanaticism/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

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## More by Alfred Korzybski

> [The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/the-objective-level-is-not-words-and-cannot-be-reached-by-words-alone/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/god-may-forgive-your-sins-but-your-nervous-system-won-t/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [“We humans, through old habits, and because of the inherent structure of human knowledge have a tendency to make static, definite, and, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/we-humans-through-old-habits-and-because-of-the-inherent-structure-of/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Whatever you say it is, it isn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/whatever-you-say-it-is-it-isn-t/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/let-us-repeat-the-two-crucial-negative-premises-as-established-firmly/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/to-regard-human-beings-as-tools-as-instruments-for-the-use-of-other/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/i-am-the-same-kind-of-moron-as-the-rest-of-you-it-s-the-method-that/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Who rules our symbols, rules us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/who-rules-our-symbols-rules-us/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Whatever you may say something is, it is not!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/whatever-you-may-say-something-is-it-is-not/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/second-order-effects-such-as-belief-in-belief-makes-fanaticism/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [“Definitions create conditions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/definitions-create-conditions/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [Mathematics and logic have been proved to be one; a fact from which it seems to follow that mathematics may successfully deal with non-quantitative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/mathematics-and-logic-have-been-proved-to-be-one-a-fact-from-which-it/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/there-are-two-ways-to-slice-easily-thorugh-life-to-believe-everything/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [“Philosophy, as defined by Fichte, is the "science of sciences." Its aim was to solve the problems of the world. In the past, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/philosophy-as-defined-by-fichte-is-the-science-of-sciences-its-aim/)

[Alfred Korzybski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-korzybski/)

> [“There are two ways to slide easily through life: Namely, to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-korzybski/there-are-two-ways-to-slide-easily-through-life-namely-to-believe/)

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