Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
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My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.
Rodney Dangerfield
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Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Plato
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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Aristotle
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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
Francis Bacon
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A cult is a religion with no political power.
Tom Wolfe
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I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.
Norman Vincent Peale
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What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
David Bowie
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