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Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "The map is not the territory."

The map is not the territory.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us."

Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.




Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Words don't mean, people mean."

Words don't mean, people mean.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.




Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness."

To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Who rules our symbols, rules us."

Who rules our symbols, rules us.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map."

The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.




Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it."

A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures."

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you."

I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "We see what we see because we miss all the finer details."

We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't."

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.




Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities."

What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words."

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation."

I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'"

The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "It is a fallacy of the old schools to divide man into parcels, elements, thoughts, emotions, intuitions, etc. All human faculties consist of an interconnected whole."

It is a fallacy of the old schools to divide man into parcels, elements, thoughts, emotions, intuitions, etc. All human faculties consist of an interconnected whole.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "I think therefore I seem to be."

I think therefore I seem to be.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Identity is invariably false to facts."

Identity is invariably false to facts.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level."

The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "He who learns and learns and yet does not know what he knows, is one who plows and plows yet never sows."

He who learns and learns and yet does not know what he knows, is one who plows and plows yet never sows.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Whatever you say about something, it is not."

Whatever you say about something, it is not.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Whatever you might say the object "is", well it is not."

Whatever you might say the object "is", well it is not.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Different ‘philosophies’ represent nothing but methods of evaluation, which may lead to empirical mis-evaluation if science and empirical facts are disregarded."

Different ‘philosophies’ represent nothing but methods of evaluation, which may lead to empirical mis-evaluation if science and empirical facts are disregarded.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults."

Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Any object of thought is both 'more than what we think, and different'."

Any object of thought is both 'more than what we think, and different'.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Whatever you say it is, is simply what YOU SAY it is."

Whatever you say it is, is simply what YOU SAY it is.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism."

Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation""

One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies to other "is"-statements such as "Laughter is an instant vacation"



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Psycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current."

Psycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill."

It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise."

Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Whatever you may say something is, it is not!"

Whatever you may say something is, it is not!



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "There are two ways to slide easily through life to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking."

There are two ways to slide easily through life to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "...no thought, if it be non-mathematical in spirit, can be trusted, and, although mathematicians sometimes make mistakes, the spirit of mathematics is always right and always sound."

...no thought, if it be non-mathematical in spirit, can be trusted, and, although mathematicians sometimes make mistakes, the spirit of mathematics is always right and always sound.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "If those who know why and how neglect to act, those who do not know will act, and the world will continue to flounder."

If those who know why and how neglect to act, those who do not know will act, and the world will continue to flounder.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Definitions create conditions."

Definitions create conditions.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "An individual cannot be considered entirely sane of he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions."

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane of he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions."

An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains primitive semantic reactions.



Alfred Korzybski Quotes: "Indeed neither life nor science bothers about "essences"-they leave "essences" to metaphysics, which is neither life nor science."

Indeed neither life nor science bothers about "essences"-they leave "essences" to metaphysics, which is neither life nor science.