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Mary Catherine Bateson quotes

American Scientist

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As people grow older, some of the ways they have contributed in the past may no longer be possible, but the challenge to society is not only to provide help and care where these are needed but also to offer the opportunity to contribute and care for others [p. 8] Mary Catherine Bateson
A certain amount of friction is inevitable whenever peoples of different customs and assumptions meet.... What is miraculous is how often it is possible to work together to sustain joint performances in spite of disparate codes, evoking different belief systems to affirm that possibility. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food."
Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food. Mary Catherine Bateson
... active wisdom--an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combined with continuing health. [p. 52] Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn."
We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn. Mary Catherine Bateson
Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't..."
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers."
Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers. Mary Catherine Bateson
After all, most of us have lived lives based on commitments made without any way of knowing where they would lead. The uncertainty is an essential element in commitment, the acceptance of consequences an essential element in fidelity. [p. 80] Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving."
Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which..."
Fluidity and discontinuity are central to the reality in which we live. Mary Catherine Bateson
Mary Catherine Bateson quote: "The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is..."
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. Mary Catherine Bateson

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