"Reality is what one does not perceive when one perceives it."

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Source : Niklas Luhmann, William Rasch (2002). “Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity”, p.145, Stanford University Press

Niklas Luhmann

#Reality Quotes #Doe Quotes #Perceive Quotes

“If I were a factory employee, a workman on the railroads or a wage-earner of any sort, I would undoubtedly join the union of my trade. If I disapproved of its policy, I would join in order to fight that policy; if the union leaders were dishonest, I would join in order to put them out. I believe in the union and I believe that all men who are benefited by the union are morally bound to help to the extent of their power in the common interests advanced by the union.”
“Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.”
“Defend Paris to the last, destroy all bridges over the Seine and devastate the city.”
“Of course advertising creates wants. Of course it makes people discontented, dissatisfied. Satisfaction with things as they are would defeat the American Dream.”
“You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.”
“So herein lies the choice for those of us who are Christians. We can either stay within the Christianity we have mastered with the Jesus we have domesticated, or we can leave Christianity as a destination, embrace Christianity as a way of life, and then journey to reality, where God is present and living in every person, every human community, and all creation.”
“Students of America, working families of America: President Obama will not turn his back on you.”

Source : "Lincoln Chafee DNC speech". www.politico.com. September 5, 2012.
“Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.”

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