Tuesday, January 05, 2010

words

"With all their admitted uses, words have three limitations.



At worst they construct an artificial world wherein our actual feelings are camouflaged and people are reduced to stereotypes.



Second, even when their descriptions are reasonably accurate, descriptions are not the things described - menus are not the meal.



Finally, as mystics emphasize, our highest experiences elude words almost entirely,"
(Huston Smith)