Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that’s fantastic.
Bob Iger
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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
Saint Augustine
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Spiritual identity means we are not what we do or what people say about us. And we are not what we have. We are the beloved daughters and sons of God.
Henri Nouwen
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Real popular culture is folk art – coalminers’ songs and so forth.
Noam Chomsky
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In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve – women who aren’t just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they’re inspiring others to do the same.
Amy Klobuchar
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A chaplain’s assistant is customarily a figure of fun in the American Army.
Kurt Vonnegut
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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.
Ambrose Bierce
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When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?
Bob Dylan
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Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.
John C. Maxwell
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Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause.
Alexander Pope
Got any book recommendations?