I shall act always so as to increase the total number of choices.

First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

Hard sciences are successful because they deal with the soft problems; soft sciences are struggling because they deal with the hard problems.

Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.

If you desire to see, learn how to act.

Act always so as to increase the number of choices

Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him.

What we need now is the description of the "describer" or, in other words, we need a theory of the observer.

Cybernetics is NOT the banana.

Something that cannot be explained cannot be seen.

The environment as we perceive it is our invention.

Your true passion in life is what you’d be doing if somebody handed you 100 million dollars.

those who does not read, they miss the important aspects of life.

Freedom and constraint are two aspects of the same necessity, the necessity of being the man you are and not another. You are free to be that man, but not another.

Life is all about choices. Today, show compassion for others, think powerful thoughts, and exercise self control.

He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

It is said that life and death are under the power of language.

Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror, be it clear as Kheled-zaram. Or so says the heart of Gimli the Dwarf.

Today is the best day to accomplish something.

My career has always been one of the most important things, but after having a baby you find that it drops down on the totem pole.

It's not just philosophy, not just words; it's knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.