Language Quote by John Seymour

“What happens to our thoughts as we clothe them in language, and how faithfully are they preserved when our listeners undress them?” quote by John Seymour — Download Open 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

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“Free your expectation of the future from the grip of past failure.”

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“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 indeed. Only a housewife: only a practitioner of one of the two most noble professions (the other one is that of a farmer); only the mistress of a huge battery of high and varied skills and…

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“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 that one menu tastes better than another because you prefer the food that is printed on it...To come to believe…

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“Why' questions have little value, at best they get justifications or long explanations which do nothing to change the situation.”

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“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…

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“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…

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“Emotions make excellent servants, but tyrannical masters.”

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“No one can consistently get everything wrong. Such perfection does not exist.”

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“As long as you believe it is impossible, you will actually never find out if it is possible or not.”

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