1989 Quote by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu

“In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers,…

— Ambrose Bierce

“They say that nameless things change constantly -that names fix them in place like pins. But without a name, a thing isn't quite real…

— Holly Black

Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, even if they have been named, have never been described.

— Susan Sontag

“I will not put a name to what has no name,”

— Shirley Jackson

“The only names of objects which connote nothing are proper names; and these have, strictly speaking, no signification.”

— John Stuart Mill

“We cannot do anything with an object that has no name.”

— Maurice Blanchot

“Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named”

— David Simpson

No words, phrases, or sentences are capable of describing or naming the Way, because once it is named, it is a false name and…

— Henry Chang

“If something does not exist, then it makes it very difficult to give it a definition.”

— Albert Einstein

Sometimes you want to say things, and you're missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with.…

— Samuel R. Delany

“The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.”

— Lao Tzu

“an unproblematic state is a state without creative thought. Its other name is death.”

— David Deutsch