Gregory Bateson

“The new thinking is ecological.”

“What is the pattern that connects all the living creatures?”

“The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.”

“Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all.”

“A relationship is a pattern of interaction.”

“Information is a difference that makes a difference.”

“Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.”

“The rational is the link between the particular and the general.”

“The beauty of the system is that it will fight to stay the same.”

“The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.”

“Language commonly splits what is unitary in nature.”

“It takes two to know one.”

“Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.”

“Wisdom is the knowledge of the larger interactive system.”

“To be conscious of the nature of the maps is to be sane.”

“Breakdowns of relationship are probably products of poor epistemology.”