"Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician."

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Source : Pierre Bourdieu (1990). “The Logic of Practice”, p.86, Stanford University Press

Pierre Bourdieu

#Practice Quotes #Logic Quotes

“You see, Aslan didn't tell Pole what would happen. He only told her what to do. That fellow will be the death of us once he's up, I shouldn't wonder. But that doesn't let us off following the signs. - The Silver Chair”
“In my experience, men who respond to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who face adversity with courage.”
“If logic itself is created rather than being inborn, it follows that the first task of education is to form reasoning.”
“Laughter is a unique medicine that places your problems in perspective, relaxes your tense muscles, reassures those around you, and helps you to enjoy life even when you don't have everything you want. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
“The really great visual experience today is to fly over a huge city and look down into the night. It's like a tremendous jubilant Christmas tree. You just feel life is worth living when you come down you may have some doubts.”
“Dancing almost always turns out to be a good idea.”
“Behind every specific call, whether it is to teach or preach or write or encourage or comfort, there is a deeper call that gives shape to the first: the call to give ourselves away - the call to die.”
“Belief doesn't rest on proof or existence...it rests on faith...without faith there is nothing.”

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