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Maurice Merleau-Ponty Quotes: To ask for an explanation is to explain the obscure by the more obscure.
         

To ask for an explanation is to explain the obscure by the more obscure.


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We know not through our intellect but through our experience.

We know not through our intellect but through our experience.



We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.

We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven.



We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.

We must therefore rediscover, after the natural world, the social world, not as an object or sum of objects, but as a permanent field or dimension of existence.



To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.

To understand is to experience harmony between what we aim at and what is given, between the intention and the performance - and the body is our anchorage in the world.



Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.

Because we are in the world, we are condemned to meaning, and we cannot do or say anything without its acquiring a name in history.




Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.

Our own body is in the world as the heart is in the organism: it keeps the visible spectacle constantly alive, it breathes life into it and sustains it inwardly, and with it forms a system.



I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.

I live in the facial expressions of the other, as I feel him living in mine.



The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.

The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art.



The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.

The photograph keeps open the instants which the onrush of time closes up forthwith; it destroys the overtaking, the overlapping, the metamorphosis of time.





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Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.

Mutual helplessness is the essential relation between parent and child.



Make sure you keep an inner state of flexibility, and are not tightly bound to your visions.

Make sure you keep an inner state of flexibility, and are not tightly bound to your visions.



The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.

The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life.



Picking projects, it's always director first and then script. Those two things are pretty much head-to-head.

Picking projects, it's always director first and then script. Those two things are pretty much head-to-head.



I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.

I think there's a vast difference between the Big12 and some of the other major conferences. I think it is tougher to score in this conference, just because of the emphasis on defense.




I feel very blessed. I have had, and am having, such a lovely life.

I feel very blessed. I have had, and am having, such a lovely life.



For if life had taught her anything, it was that healing and peace can begin only with acknowledgment of wrongs committed.

For if life had taught her anything, it was that healing and peace can begin only with acknowledgment of wrongs committed.



With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?

With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?



If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.

If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.




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