“Human beings do not wish to be modest; they want to be as expressive - that is, as immodest - as fear allows; fashion helps them solve that paradoxical problem.” WantHumansHelpingProblemWishHuman BeingsFashionSolveModestExpressiveParadoxical Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality
“A favorite means of escaping the solution to any problem is to declare it too complex for solution. This absolves us from attempting solution. ... Any problem is too complex to solve when we do not wish to accept the conditions of solution. Solution is possible where acceptance is ready.” MeanProblemWishAcceptingConditionsAcceptanceReadySolutionsComplexesSolveAttemptingEscaping Author:Pearl S. Buck