Niklas Luhmann quotes

“Humans cannot communicate; not even their brains can communicate; not even their conscious minds can communicate. Only communication can communicate.”
-- Niklas Luhmann

Source : "Materialities of Communication" edited by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, (p. 371), 1988.

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“Reality is what one does not perceive when one perceives it.”
-- Niklas Luhmann

Source : Niklas Luhmann, William Rasch (2002). “Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity”, p.145, Stanford University Press

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“The work of art is an ostentatiously improbable occurrence.”
-- Niklas Luhmann

Source : Niklas Luhmann (2000). “Art as a Social System”, p.153, Stanford University Press

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“Humor and absurdism are inevitable. If you look at our current massive flow of consumer products and digital communication and related media from a sort of astute perspective and carefully state what you see you can't help but sounding like you're joking.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Communication is an offering. When you tell someone your truth, you must release your expectation of what the other person should do with it. They may thank you profusely, love you forever, argue with you, or ignore you. It doesn't matter. Of course we hope the gift will be received with appreciation and thanks. But if it isn't we must not dictate. We've done our part, and we must trust the universe to do the rest.”

“The people who matter will recognize who you are.”

“The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.”

“But Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery.”

“Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped”

“We're all getting too smart. Our brains are just getting bigger and bigger, and the world dries up and dies when there's too much thought and not enough heart.”

Source : Aimee Bender (2011). “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories”, p.11, Anchor

“The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.64, Delphi Classics

“Attachment to the Divine leads to detachment from the mind. This leads to the realization that the nature of the Seer and the Divine are the same.”

“The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.”