Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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We have to live life with a sense of urgency so not a minute is wasted.
Lewis Carroll
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
Honore de Balzac
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No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
Charles Dickens
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God may be subtle, but he isn’t plain mean.
Albert Einstein
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My diabetes is such a central part of my life… it did teach me discipline… it also taught me about moderation… I’ve trained myself to be super-vigilant… because I feel better when I am in control.
Sonia Sotomayor
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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato
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For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.
Alice Walker
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
Wayne Dyer
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I’ve tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I’m afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.
Ernest Hemingway
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If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.
Emily Dickinson
Got any book recommendations?