In the nature of the case, an explorer can never know what he is exploring until it has been explored.
Gregory BatesonNo organism can afford to be conscious of matters with which it could deal at unconscious levels.
Gregory BatesonThere are times when I catch myself believing that there is such a thing as something; which is separate from something else.
Gregory BatesonDesired substance, things, patterns, or sequences of experience that are in some sense "good" for the organism - items of diet, conditions of life, temperature, entertainment, sex, and so forth - are never such that more of the something is always better than less of the something. Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes toxic. To fall below that value is to be deprived.
Gregory Bateson