Whatever you say it is, is simply what YOU SAY it is.

Who rules our symbols, rules us.

It is a fallacy of the old schools to divide man into parcels, elements, thoughts, emotions, intuitions, etc. All human faculties consist of an interconnected whole.

Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise.

One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"

The map is not the territory, the word is not the thing it describes. Whenever the map is confused with the territory, a 'semantic disturbance' is set up in the organism. The disturbance continues until the limitation of the map is recognized.

Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.