"...What does the blessing of heaven mean? We know the kirin is just an animal, not a mythical creature." It has become a symbol now.... That is the way human beings deal with the world."

-- Lian Hearn

#Mean Quotes #Animal Quotes #Blessing Quotes

“We categorize as we do because we have the brains and bodies we have and because we interact in the world as we do.”

Source : George Lakoff, Mark Johnson (1999). “Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought”, p.18, Basic Books
“Remember to dream big, think long-term, underachieve on a daily basis, and take baby steps. That is the key to long-term success.”
“Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology.”
“Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.”
“Imagination is the will of things. . . .”
“Pain is pain. It needs no description.”
“I've been watching what I eat. When I was putting on all the weight, I was drinking Guinness and not eating. I didn't have room to because I was drinking all the time.”
“Children, then, acquire social skills not so much from adults as from their interactions with one another. They are likely to discover through trial and error which strategies work and which do not, and later to reflect consciously on what they have learned.”

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