"Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects."

-- Michael J Cohen

#Thinking Quotes #Perception Quotes #Labels Quotes

“Trees have about them something beautiful and attractive even to the fancy, since they cannot change their places, are witnesses of all the changes that take place around them; and as some reach a great age, they become, as it were, historical monuments, and like ourselves they have a life, growing and passing away, --not being inanimate and unvarying like the fields and rivers. One sees them passing through various stages, and at last step by step approaching death, which makes them look still more like ourselves.”
“Two things I take very seriously in life. My golf game and my relationship with God. Neither one is simple”
“Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.31, Penguin
“This "human thing" is the permanent process of seeking the sacred through revealing what is hidden. It is an ever ongoing and indefinite process of understanding and interpretation.”
“Body-con dresses have never been something I've been into.”
“When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.”
“The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. Thats the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger.”
“There may be some difficulties during a period of adjustment. Specifically, picking up their life again and making their own truly independent decisions.”

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