"The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises."

-- Jonathan Haidt

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“I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.”

Source : "An Interview With Robin Lim | CNN Woman of The Year". Interview with Polly Armstrong, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Regarding R. H. Blyth: For translations, the best books are still those by R. H. Blyth. . . .”
“I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree, whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which, owing to bodily weakness, his diseased imagination surrounded him, and which he believed to be real. So also, owing to bodily and mental health and strength, we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society, and come to know that we are never alone.”
“My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.”
“Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life.”
“It feels good to be a part of history.”
“I think we're all pretty odd.”
“Yin and Yang are one vital force -- the primordial aura.”

Source : Yangming Wang (1916). “The Philosophy of Wang Yang-ming”

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