Convention is the driver of human nature — we are all convention; convention carries us away, and we neglect the substance of things.
Culture is that which, for the average person, appears to be remote, hovers over, and humiliates him.
Culture is that upon whose reflection we obtain a larger reservoir of ways of knowing.
A Culture is not a scientific object. It is produced historically and is actively contested.
Expectation is best measured against real potentialities — you can't take more out of a bag than what's in it
Expectation is wise to keep realistic — You cannot get milk from a male buffalo, nor butter by churning water
Expectation is the secret of the persecution of the Jews, Christians and Mohammedans by one another.
15 concepts in this pillow book.