Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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By nature’s kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man’s power to answer do not occur to him at all.
George Santayana
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
John Adams
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I’ve seen ‘Mork & Mindy’ a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary Coleman. He puts me away. He puts everybody away.
Lucille Ball
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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.
Jean de la Bruyere
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
Samuel Johnson
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The first time I walked by a crap table, I felt kind of funny.
Carroll Shelby
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The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there’s no reason to think that Earth would be unique in that regard. Whether of not the life became intelligent is a different question, and we’ll see if we find that.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
Eckhart Tolle
Got any book recommendations?