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Alfred Korzybski
We see what...
We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.
Source: Science and...
There are two...
There are two ways to slide easily through life: Namely, to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save...
Two important characteristics...
Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it...
If the map...
If the map shows a different structure from the territory represented -- for instance, shows the cities in a wrong...
The affairs of...
The affairs of man are conducted by our own, man-made rules and according to man-made theories. Man's achievements...
All human knowledge...
All human knowledge is conditioned and limited, at present, by the properties of light and human symbolism. The...
The only usefulness...
The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure between the empirical world and the...
If words are...
If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the...
If the structure...
If the structure is not similar, then the traveller or speaker is led astray, which, in serious human life-problems,...
God may forgive...
God may forgive you your sins, but your nervous system won't.
Source: Attributed;...