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There is a fundamental confusion between the notion of the older 'semantics' as connected with a theory of verbal 'meaning' and words defined by words, and the present theory of 'general semantics' where we deal only with neuro-semantic and neuro-linguistic living reactions of Smith, Smith, etc., as their reactions to neuro-semantic and neuro-linguistic environments as environments.
 
The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.
 
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
 
First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.
 
The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. 
 
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
 
Philosophy should make clear and delimit sharply the thoughts which otherwise are, as it were, opaque and blurred.
 
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.
 
If we agree on everything, only one of us is necessary.
 
The average level of happiness increases in old age; fewer negative emotions occur and, when they do, they don’t persist as long. Connected to this, brain-imaging studies show that negative images have less of an impact, and positive images have more of an impact on brain metabolism in older people, as compared to young.
 
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.
 
Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.
 
I am what I am because of who we all are. (Principle of Ubuntu philosophy)
 
Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
 
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
 
It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.
 
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.
 
Things don’t have to change the world to be important.
 
Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.
 
No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point.
 
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