“If there is a category of human being for whom his work ought to speak for itself, it is the writer.” IfsHumansSpeakHuman BeingsOughtCategories Author:Isaac Asimov
“In the ordinary, everyday understandings of the words involved, to say that someone survived death is to contradict yourself; while to assert that all of us live forever is to assert a manifest falsehood, the flat contrary of a universally known truth: namely, the truth that all human beings are mortal. For when, after some disaster, the 'dead' and the 'survivors' have both been listed, what logical space remains for a third category?” HumansUnderstandingHuman BeingsSpaceKnownForeverAtheismInvolvedOrdinaryThirdsRemainsEverydayPositive AtheismContraryDisasterMortalsFlatsLogicalSurvivorCategoriesManifestFalsehoodSurvivedFlewLive Forever Book:Merely Mortal?: Can You Survive Your Own Death? Source: Merely Mortal?: Can You Survive Your Own Death?
“To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.” ShouldHumansRealityLanguageForceHuman BeingsPayBenefitsScreensCategoriesShortcomings Author:Abraham Maslow