“Words are anchors for sense experience, but the experience is not the reality, and the word is not the experience. Language is thus two removes from reality. To argue about the real meaning of a word is rather like arguing… — John Seymour Copy Share Image
“What happens to our thoughts as we clothe them in language, and how faithfully are they preserved when our listeners undress them?” — John Seymour Copy Share
“We all have beliefs and expectations from our personal experience; it is impossible to live without them. Since we have to make some assumptions,… — John Seymour Copy Share
“To believe that someone else is responsible for your emotional state is to give them a sort of psychic power over you they do… — John Seymour Copy Share
“I'm only a housewife, I'm afraid." How often do we hear this shocking admission. I'm afraid when I hear it I feel very angry… — John Seymour Copy Share
“Words are anchors for sense experience, but the experience is not the reality, and the word is not the experience. Language is thus two… — John Seymour Copy Share
“Why' questions have little value, at best they get justifications or long explanations which do nothing to change the situation.” — John Seymour Copy Share
“Any single person's viewpoint will have blind spots caused by their habitual ways of perceiving the world, their perceptual filters...How can we shift our… — John Seymour Copy Share
“Questions are also interventions. A good question can take a person's mind in a completely new direction and change his life. For example, ask… — John Seymour Copy Share
“No one can consistently get everything wrong. Such perfection does not exist.” — John Seymour Copy Share
“As long as you believe it is impossible, you will actually never find out if it is possible or not.” — John Seymour Copy Share
“True learning involves learning other ways of doing what you can do already.” — John Seymour Copy Share
“Once a response becomes a habit, you stop learning. Theoretically, you could act differently, but in practice you do not. Habits are extremely useful,… — John Seymour Copy Share
