“An individual cannot be considered entirely sane if he is wholly ignorant of scientific method and structure of nature and so retains… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Every language having a structure, by the very nature of language, reflects in its own structure that of the world as assumed… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
As words are not the things we speak about, and structure is the only link between them, structure becomes the only content… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
“We humans, through old habits, and because of the inherent structure of human knowledge have a tendency to make static, definite, and, in a… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
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… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
Mathematics and logic have been proved to be one; a fact from which it seems to follow that mathematics may successfully deal with non-quantitative… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
“Philosophy, as defined by Fichte, is the "science of sciences." Its aim was to solve the problems of the world. In the past, when… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
“There are two ways to slide easily through life: Namely, to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking. The… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share
