Quote by John Holloway Download Open image ““Definition merely adds the locks to a world that is assumed to be closed.”” — John Holloway ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“You simply realize that defining what you need in order to stay open actually ends up limiting you. If you make lists of how… — Michael A. Singer Copy Share Image
A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
The word 'definition' has come to have a dangerously reassuring sound, owing no doubt to its frequent occurrence in logical and mathematical writings. — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
“Much of how a person defined himself was through his interactions with the world. When that world was very small, it probably felt as… — Alissa Johnson Copy Share Image
Meaning comes from the correspondence between the code and its execution, and the compact underlying structure of the world and its dynamics. — Eric Baum Copy Share Image
“The world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through. Two prisoners whose cells… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“If something does not exist, then it makes it very difficult to give it a definition.” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“A whole world of horror is contained in the process of definition.” — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“The struggle is lost from the beginning, long before the victorious party or army conquers state power and ‘betrays’ its promises. It is lost… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“The theory of crisis is not just a theory of fear but also a theory of hope.” — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“We do not need to have a picture of what a true world would be like in order to feel that there is something… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“We need no promise of a happy ending to justify our rejection of a world we feel to be wrong.” — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“Social self-determination does not and cannot exist in a capitalist society: capital, in all its forms, is the negation of self-determination.” — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“The real determinant of society is hidden behind the state and the economy: it is the way in which our everyday activity is organised,… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“Comradeship, dignity, amorosity, love, solidarity, fraternity, friendship, ethics: all these names stand in contrast to the commodified, monetised relations of capitalism, all describe relations… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
“Nonsubordination is the simple, unspectacular struggle to shape one's life. It is people's reluctance to give up the simple pleasures of life, their reluctance… — John Holloway Copy Share Image
