66 Quotes by Mary Catherine Bateson

It's all about being in control of myself as an older woman who lives alone, and it's all about how I am going to do what I have to do to be as strong as I can be and be confident that I can do what I need to do as an older person. [p. 62]

After all, most of us have lived lives based on commitments made without any way of knowing where they would lead. The uncertainty is an essential element in commitment, the acceptance of consequences an essential element in fidelity. [p. 80]

An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing new worlds to conquer, but new worlds to respect.

Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.

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

Self-care should include the cold shower as well as the scented tub.

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

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

Human beings do not eat nutrients, they eat food.