“Il dottore aprì la finestra e il rumore della città si fece di colpo più forte. Da un’officina poco lontano giungeva lo stridio breve e ripetuto di una sega meccanica. Rieux trasalì. Ecco dov’era la certezza, nel lavoro di tutti i giorni. Il resto era appeso a fili e movimenti insignificanti, su cui era inutile soffermarsi. L’essenziale era fare bene il proprio lavoro.”
Albert Camus
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Here the term “language-game” is meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity, or of a form of life. Review the multiplicity of language-game in the following examples, and in others:
* Giving orders, and obeying them—
* Describing the appearance of an object, or giving its measurements—
* Constructing an object from a description (a drawing)—* Reporting an event—* Speculating about an event—
* Forming and testing a hypothesis—
* Presenting the results of an experiment in tables and diagrams—
* Making up a story; and reading it—
* Play-acting—
* Singing catches—
* Guessing riddles—
* Making a joke; telling it—
* Solving a problem in practical arithmetic—
* Translating from one language into another—
* Asking, thanking, cursing, greeting, praying.>>
“Stop. Stop everything. Then you will realize you are the freedom you have been searching for.”
H. W. L. Poonja
“The mind has to be empty to see clearly”
“… we can learn to hold the mind steady like a flame in a windless room…”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Stop searching here and there, the jewels are inside you
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“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
“Erano sulla strada per Limoges, lei guidava lentamente e l’aria della sera entrava dal finestrino. Lui le teneva la mano, non pensava a niente e in modo confuso sapeva che quella totale assenza di pensieri si chiamava felicità.”
Françoise Sagan
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
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