That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another.
Kenneth L. Pike

Nobody is as good as he thinks he is.
Kenneth L. Pike

God cannot be reduced to a sample for analysis.
Kenneth L. Pike

The detached observer's view is one window on the world.
Kenneth L. Pike

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.
Kenneth L. Pike

If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.
Kenneth L. Pike

This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing with person, fact with aesthetics, knowledge with application of knowledge.
Kenneth L. Pike

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