Mary Catherine Bateson Quotes

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Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.
— Mary Catherine Bateson Composing a Life

goals

Fear is not a good teacher.  The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
Fear is not a good teacher.  The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.
— Mary Catherine Bateson A World of Ideas

fear

The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.
— Mary Catherine Bateson Composing a Life

skepticism

There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor.  You can't think without metaphors. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor.  You can't think without metaphors.
— Mary Catherine Bateson A World of Ideas

metaphor

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.
— Mary Catherine Bateson With a Daughter’s Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson

death

Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.
— Mary Catherine Bateson Composing a Life

loss clarity

As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life. - Mary Catherine Bateson quote.
As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.
— Mary Catherine Bateson Willing to Learn: Passages of Personal Discovery

life