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"If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning."
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"So unsirious work... I behave nice because I want people to behave in the same way with me."

"Knock the door or ring the bell but don't ever push it! Be gentle!"

"Ger says that Kat has a tendency to push things to extremes, to go over the edge, merely from a juvenile desire to shock, which is hardly a substitute for wit. One of these days, he says, she will go way too far. Too far for him, is what he means."

"The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language."

"Kindness is the supreme intelligence."
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"Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God."

"I wanted a theory that would allow one to live outside the office with the same philosophy one uses inside it."

"The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study."

"If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience."
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