Identity in the form of continuity of personality is an extremely important characteristic of the individual.

Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or created to treat it as such.

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

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.

The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.

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

All of salvation is to make us look good! We who are dirty, worn, broken, and sinful are to be the showcase of heaven.