Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation. Kenneth Lee Pike More Quotes by Kenneth Lee Pike More Quotes From Kenneth Lee Pike The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is patterned, ordered, and to some degree intelligible to us. Kenneth Lee Pike linguistics degrees study Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such. Kenneth Lee Pike methodology language should I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it. Kenneth Lee Pike office use philosophy If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar. Kenneth Lee Pike would-be philosophy way Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. Kenneth Lee Pike theology normal believe Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. Kenneth Lee Pike perspective language sound If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning. Kenneth Lee Pike language behavior ifs Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict. Kenneth Lee Pike conflict acceptance commitment When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God. Kenneth Lee Pike conformity abstract principles God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis. Kenneth Lee Pike sample analysis With acknowledgement of residues, we can be more easily prepared to grant the unit of science, the overlapping of disciplines, and the total coherence of all facts. Kenneth Lee Pike coherence discipline facts The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study. Kenneth Lee Pike study mind men Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. Kenneth Lee Pike possibility-of-change function communication Only when we have enough mental stress to force us to see our own bankruptcy of power, do we trust in God, and only when we trust in God can we make a contribution which will not collapse. Kenneth Lee Pike trust-in-god stress enough Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory. Kenneth Lee Pike accepted yesterday today There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake. Kenneth Lee Pike following responsibility The deepest sins are camouflaged as holiness. Kenneth Lee Pike holiness sin All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven. Kenneth Lee Pike broken heaven dirty Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ. Kenneth Lee Pike christian men fall Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language. Kenneth Lee Pike revelations structure language
