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Whatever you may say something is, it is not!

Alfred Korzybski

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Alfred Korzybski
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: July 3
Died: 1950
Died: March 1
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There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.
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Whatever you say about something, it is not.
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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
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I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.
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What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.
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Words don't mean, people mean.
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To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.
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The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.
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Who rules our symbols, rules us.
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Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise.
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