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 Read Quote
The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble – and will not publish with a clear conscience. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
We assume, to begin with, that the individual is at least as complex in his internal structure as the language is which he speaks – otherwise, how could he speak a language which is complex? Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Today’s practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday’s theory. Kenneth L. Pike Read Quote