Quotes by : Mary Catherine Bateson

The critical question about regret is whether experience led to growth and new learning. Some people....

Real winners in a rapidly changing world will be those who are open to alternatives and able to respect....

After all, most of us have lived lives based on commitments made without any way of knowing where they....

As people grow older, some of the ways they have contributed in the past may no longer be possible, but....

... as we age we have not only to readdress earlier developmental crises but also somehow to find the....

Moving is both liberating and debilitating. Undertaken too late, it is a very stressful process, one....

The family is changing, not disappearing. We have to broaden our understanding of it, look for the new....

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

Since few people arrive at retirement with an understanding that this transition will involve a rethinking....

It's all about being in control of myself as an older woman who lives alone, and it's all about how I....