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Alfred Korzybski quotes: To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.

To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.

We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Psycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current.

Psycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Whatever you may say something is, it is not!

Whatever you may say something is, it is not!

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Who rules our symbols, rules us.

Who rules our symbols, rules us.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.

Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.

A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself. I will be rich by myself, and not by borrowing.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.

The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.

I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: The map is not the territory ... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map ...

The map is not the territory ... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map ...

Alfred Korzybski quotes: The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'

The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Words don't mean, people mean.

Words don't mean, people mean.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Logic is the youth of mathematics, mathematics is the manhood of logic. This brilliant mot of the eminent philosopher of mathematics is no

Logic is the youth of mathematics, mathematics is the manhood of logic. This brilliant mot of the eminent philosopher of mathematics is no

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Any object of thought is both 'more than what we think, and different'.

Any object of thought is both 'more than what we think, and different'.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Whatever you say about something, it is not.

Whatever you say about something, it is not.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: The abuse of symbolism is like the abuse of food or drink: it makes people ill, and so their reactions become deranged.

The abuse of symbolism is like the abuse of food or drink: it makes people ill, and so their reactions become deranged.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.

What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Any proposition containing the word "is" creates a linguistic structural confusion which will eventually give birth to serious fallacies.

Any proposition containing the word "is" creates a linguistic structural confusion which will eventually give birth to serious fallacies.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: He who learns and learns and yet does not know what he knows, is one who plows and plows yet never sows.

He who learns and learns and yet does not know what he knows, is one who plows and plows yet never sows.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Identity is invariably false to facts.

Identity is invariably false to facts.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Whatever you might say the object "is", well it is not.

Whatever you might say the object "is", well it is not.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Ignorance is no excuse when once we know that ignorance is the only possible excuse.

Ignorance is no excuse when once we know that ignorance is the only possible excuse.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Whatever you say it is, is simply what YOU SAY it is.

Whatever you say it is, is simply what YOU SAY it is.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.

Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.

Alfred Korzybski quotes: I think therefore I seem to be.

I think therefore I seem to be.