"Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language."

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Source : Kenneth Burke (1970). “The Rhetoric of Religion: Studies in Logology”, p.2, Univ of California Press

Kenneth Burke

#Light Quotes #Principles Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“When we pause to think, we are compelled to admit the existence of consciousness as the primal and surest fact. What we know of the great world around is known through our states of consciousness, and if we seem to be living a merely objective life, amidst external things, it is because we have become oblivious of the real nature of experience.”
“Desire can be as fragile as it is sudden.”
“If we could tell a film, then why make a film?”

Source : "Out Of Iran: This Is Not A Film Reviewed" by Jenny Horwell, thequietus.com. November 25, 2011.
“What every traveler confronts sooner or later is that the way we spend each day of our travel...is the way we spend our lives.”
“It takes 1,000 tons of water to produce 1 ton of grain. As water becomes scarce and countries are forced to divert irrigation water to cities and industry, they will import more grain. As they do so, water scarcity will be transmitted across national borders via the grain trade. Aquifer depletion is a largely invisible threat, but that does not make it any less real.”
“Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway”
“Every experience of love, bliss, belonging, inspiration, and insight provides a stepping stone back to your true self.”
“Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.”

Source : "Bachelor Girls".

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