What is the pattern that connects the crab to the lobster and the primrose to the orchid, and all of them to me, and me to you?
Gregory BatesonWe are discovering today that several of the premises which are deeply ingrained in our way of life are simply untrue and become pathogenic when implemented with modern technology.
Gregory BatesonThere are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else.
Gregory BatesonIt is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.
Gregory BatesonWhat is true is that the idea of power corrupts. Power corrupts most rapidly those who believe in it, and it is they who will want it most. Obviously, our democratic system tends to give power to those who hunger for it and gives every opportunity to those who don't want power to avoid getting it. Not a very satisfactory arrangement if power corrupts those who believe in it and want it.
Gregory Bateson