Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
The only usefulness of a map or a language depends on the similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map-languages. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as… — 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… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“Any proposition containing the word "is" creates a linguistic structural confusion which will eventually give birth to serious fallacies.” — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness. — 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
“From time immemorial, some men supposed to deal in one-valued 'eternal verities'. We called such men 'philosophers' or 'meta-physicians'. But they seldom… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“There are several important remarks which can be made about this 'absolute emptiness' and 'absolute nothingness'. First of all, we now know,… — 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 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Second order effects, such as belief in belief, makes fanaticism. — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
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 Image
