“The young cult of sociology, needing a language, invented one. There are many dead languages, but the sociologists' is the only language that was dead at birth.” YoungLanguageBirthCultSociologySociologists Book:So this is depravity Source: So this is depravity
“New perspectives give birth to new historic ages. Humankind has had many dramatic revolutions of understanding - great uses of fire and the wheel, language and writing. We found that the earth only seems flat, the sun only seems to circle the earth, matter only seems solid.” GivingWritingMatterUseSeemsAgeEarthFoundLanguageUnderstandingSunFireRevolutionPerspectiveBirthCirclesDramaticWheelsFlatsHumankindHistoricNew Perspective Book:The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s
“Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish situation, and usually of being mauled by it.” LanguageSituationBloodConditionsBirthInvolvedBeing IrishIreland And The Irish Author:Conor Cruise O'Brien
“Humans are crude linguists from the moment of birth - and perhaps even in the womb - to the extent at least that we can hear spoken sounds and begin to recognize different combinations of language sounds.” HumansDifferentMomentsLanguageSoundBirthCombinationWombCrudeLinguists Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“In other words, the man who is born into existence deals first with language; this is a given. He is even caught in it before his birth.” MenFirstsLanguageGivenBornDealsExistenceBirthCaught Author:Jacques Lacan
“There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent. Falling in love. Words are like nets--we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it's happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else--and language only takes you so far.” IfsKnowsFeelsTryingMeanChildrenJoyFallNamesLanguageParentGriefWonderHappenedBirthFindingsFalling In LoveFinding GodBirth Of A Child Author:Jodi Picoult
“[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by the fiery stamp of genius. Not by birth, not by the work of one's hands, not by the wings of education is one elected into the people. But by one's inner self. Everyone forges his inner self year after year. One must try to temper, to cut, to polish one's soul so as to become a human being. And thereby become a tiny particle of one's own people.” PeopleWayTryingYearsHumansSoulSelfHandsSpeakLanguageHuman BeingsCuttingBirthGeniusUnderstoodWingsTinyTemperNew WaysStampsParticlesPolishInner SelfFieryYear One Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn