Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person. So violence isn’t merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.
George Bernard Shaw
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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.
Martin Luther
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I understand now why Hillary Clinton always wore navy blue pantsuits. Remember, for four years? If you have one or two themes, then you have the same shoes, the same bag. Otherwise, it’s a nightmare.
Amy Klobuchar
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What prevails in every corner of this globalized world is the real struggle of our species for its own survival.
Fidel Castro
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I am not stagnating in one kind of an image.
Rishi Kapoor
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.
Saint Augustine
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To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
Neil Armstrong
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You should treat a muse like a fairy.
Paulo Coelho
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