Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
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I don’t generally read a lot of fiction.
Bill Gates
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If I had remained in Lhasa, even without the Chinese occupation, I would probably have carried the ceremonial role in some orthodox way.
Dalai Lama
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For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.
Alexander the Great
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We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.
Cesar Chavez
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I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
Thomas Aquinas
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Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.
Carl Jung
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I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness – that there is something wrong.
Wayne Dyer
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If we’re going to have any chance of sending stuff to other star systems, we need to be laser-focused on becoming a multi-planet civilisation.
Elon Musk
Got any book recommendations?