Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
Gregory BatesonNumbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a discontinuity between each integer and the next.
Gregory BatesonThe major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.
Gregory BatesonPathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a thing as the sacred, and why the sacred is difficult to talk about, because the sacred is peculiarly related to the healthy. One does not like to disturb the sacred, for in general, to talk about something changes it, and perhaps will turn it into a pathology.
Gregory Bateson