Author: Kenneth L. Pike

Quotes

Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.

Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.

- Kenneth L. Pike

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.

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 L. Pike

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.

- Kenneth L. Pike

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.

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 L. Pike

Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.

Revelation and the nature of truth must be viewed in reference to the structure of language.

- Kenneth L. Pike

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.

- Kenneth L. Pike

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

- Kenneth L. Pike

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.

- Kenneth L. Pike

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.

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 L. Pike

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