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Kenneth L. Pike

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What we know about Kenneth L. Pike comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. Kenneth L. Pike's observations on Science are as sharp as their thoughts on Society, revealing genuine breadth of mind. Browse 10 quotes by Kenneth L. Pike that cover ground from Science, Society, Knowledge, Failure, and Courage. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results."

“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

Science

All Quotes by 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.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Science

“Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Communication

“Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Failure

“This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Knowledge

“That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Society

“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

Science

“Courage to continue comes from deeper sources than outward results.”

— Kenneth L. Pike

Courage

“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

Change

“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

Science