Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn’t feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.
Brene Brown
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The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Carl Jung
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We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.
Horace
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He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
Lao Tzu
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.
Malcolm X
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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats
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I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won’t attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.
Henry Rollins
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I was always interested in going deeply into the life of the Prophet.
Deepak Chopra
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Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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