The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.

- Gregory Bateson

Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.

- Gregory Bateson

The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between how nature works and the way people think.

- Gregory Bateson

A man walking is never in balance, but always correcting for imbalance.

- Gregory Bateson

Information is a difference that makes a difference.

- Gregory Bateson

We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.

- Gregory Bateson

The meaning of your communication is the response you get.

- Gregory Bateson

Without context words and actions have no meaning at all

- Gregory Bateson

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 Bateson