Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
George Santayana
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The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.
T. S. Eliot
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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Albert Einstein
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A talib fires three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a van and doesn’t kill any of them. This seems an unlikely story.
Malala Yousafzai
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I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.
Sam Houston
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The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into.
Taylor Swift
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Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
Henry Ford
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The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
Norman Vincent Peale
Got any book recommendations?