Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius
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For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do – we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.
Brad Pitt
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I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
Uma Thurman
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
Victor Hugo
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No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.
Maimonides
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I see all this talk about jobs going overseas as a symptom of the absence of innovation. And the absence of innovation is a symptom of there being no major national priority to advance a frontier.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.
William Shakespeare
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Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.
Cesar Chavez
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