Quotes by : Mary Catherine Bateson

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

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....

Sorting gets harder as time goes on--it requires a sort of ruthless decisiveness, while indecision results....

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

An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority,....

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

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.