Negation/definition

Famous quotes containing the words negation and/or definition:

“An “unemployed” existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)

“Mothers often are too easily intimidated by their children’s negative reactions...When the child cries or is unhappy, the mother reads this as meaning that she is a failure. This is why it is so important for a mother to know...that the process of growing up involves by definition things that her child is not going to like. Her job is not to create a bed of roses, but to help him learn how to pick his way through the thorns.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)