Norbert Wiener Quote

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water... We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.

As cited by Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life (1996) - The Human Use of Human Beings (1950)

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water... We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water... We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water... We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.

We are but whirlpools in a river of ever-flowing water... We are not stuff that abides, but patterns that perpetuate themselves.