General Systems Theory

Famous quotes containing the words general, systems and/or theory:

    “We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.”
    —Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

    “Our little systems have their day;
    They have their day and cease to be:
    They are but broken lights of thee,
    And thou, O Lord, art more than they.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “Won’t this whole instinct matter bear revision?
    Won’t almost any theory bear revision?
    To err is human, not to, animal.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)