Quote by John Berger
One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home

One can say of language that it is potentially the only human home, the only dwelling place that cannot be hostile to man. – John Berger

Other quotes by John Berger

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. – John Berger

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alone
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Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does. – John Berger

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Photography
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The envied are like bureaucrats; the more impersonal they are, the greater the illusion (for themselves and for others) of their power. – John Berger

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Envy / Jealousy
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Other Quotes from
Language
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All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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Language

Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Language

I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy. – Bern Williams

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Language

A different language is a different vision of life. – Federico Fellini

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Language

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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull? – Aristophanes

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Sky & Clouds

Meditation does not answer the questions of the mind, but it dissolves the very mind which creates many questions and confusion in our life. – Author Unknown

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Meditation

Mother, the ribbons of your love are woven around my heart. – Author Unknown

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Mothers

You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them. – Peter T. Forsyth

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Problems