An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing — Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing — Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing — Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing — Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
An encounter with other cultures can lead to openness only if you can suspend the assumption of superiority, not seeing — Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
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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.

— Mary Catherine Bateson, Composing a Life
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