Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I think of evolution as a myth, like the Norse myths, the Greek myths – anybody’s myths. But it was created for a rational age.
Tom Wolfe
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Aesop
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It’s never easy for me to say goodbye. I get attached to people very quickly, and with ‘Raw Stars,’ my connection is even more special. I’m in love with their music and perhaps their biggest fan. I think every artiste on the show is mind-blowing.
Yo Yo Honey Singh
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I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
Margaret Thatcher
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I’m terrified of motorcycles. I’ve been on one a couple of times. I did not like it.
Henry Rollins
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Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.
Blaise Pascal
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When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.
Alexis de Tocqueville
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I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room.
Blaise Pascal
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
Chanakya
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