Cybernetics Quotes

• First-order cybernetics is the science of observed systems; Second-order cybernetics is the science of observing systems.

  Heinz von Foerster

  Order, Firsts, Observing

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• The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique' (1843) Coining the French word to mean 'the art of governing,' from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Weiner for the field of control and communication theory.

  Andre-Marie Ampere

  Art, Communication, Mean

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• The cybernetics phase of cognitive science produced an amazing array of concrete results, in addition to its long-term (often underground) influence

  Francisco Varela

  Long, Phases, Influence

  Eleanor Rosch, Evan Thompson, Francisco J. Varela (1992). “The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience”, p.38, MIT Press

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• The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

  Douglas Adams

  Wall, Fun, Men

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.95, Del Rey

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• Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments.

  Claude Shannon

  Mean, Use, Internet

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• Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possilble. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Change, Power

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.40, Penguin

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• Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a ‘real’ experience.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Real, Differences, Preparation

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.29, Penguin

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• Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Psycho Cybernetics, Right Now, Within You

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.40, Penguin

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• Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Men

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• Cybernetics is NOT the banana.

  Heinz von Foerster

  Bananas

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• To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Change, Decision, Habit

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• If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Friendship, Love Yourself

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• Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

  Bruce Barton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Adversity, Imperfect World, Doors

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• Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self Esteem, Important, Life Is

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• Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self, Games, Names

  Maxwell Maltz, Kelli M. Gary (1983). “PRINCIPLES CRE LVG”, Pocket

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• Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self Esteem, Moving, Opportunity

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• The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self Esteem, Keys, Behavior Change

  MAXWELL MALTZ, M.D.,F.I.C.S. (1960). “PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS”

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• Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

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• You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Motivational, Positive Thinking, Sun

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• Realizing that our actions, feelings and behaviour are the result of our own images and beliefs gives us the level that psychology has always needed for changing personality.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Giving, Personality, Psychology

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• Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Self, Determine, Psycho Cybernetics

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• Close scrutiny will show that most of these everyday socalled “crisis situations” are not life-or-death matters at all, but opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Wrestling, Opportunity, Growth

  "Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life".

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• Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome: for it is a pit designed and dug by our own hands, summed up in the phrase, 'It's no use - I can't do it.'

  Maxwell Maltz

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.79, Penguin

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• This is where you will win the battle - in the playhouse of your mind.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Winning, Mind, Battle

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