Ethical Know-How Quotes

“In fact, the key to autonomy is that a living system finds its way into the next moment by acting appropriately out of its own resources.”
― Francisco J. Varela, Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition

“Practices undertaken simply as self-improvement schemes will only strengthen the very egotism they are intended to dispel.”
― Francisco J. Varela, Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition