Humberto Maturana

"We are shaped by our relationships and we shape our relationships."

"The future depends on the distinctions we make today."

"Consciousness is the ability to observe oneself observing."

"Love is not a feeling; it is a way of being and acting in the world."

"We create the world we see through our observations and our distinctions."

"Every action is also an observation that generates new possibilities."

"Freedom lies in accepting responsibility for the worlds we create."

"The observer is always part of what is observed."

"To live fully is to participate consciously in the creation of reality."

"Systems are defined not by their components but by their organization."

"Understanding requires expanding one's capacity for distinctions and relationships."

"We are not observers of the world; we are participants in its creation."

"Every distinction generates a world; changing our distinctions changes our world."

"The reality we experience is always the reality we have helped create."

"Education is the process of learning to generate new and more adequate distinctions."

"Nature is not separate from us; we are expressions of nature."