Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of ‘easy believism.’ There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.
Billy Graham
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I’m too mature to be angry.
Jesse Jackson
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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
Diogenes
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I’m always on the go. I love doing things until I hit rock bottom. Then I need my 12 hours of sleep, and I’m on the go again.
Maria Sharapova
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Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.
Blaise Pascal
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We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.
Kurt Cobain
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When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.
Joel Osteen
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The Nazi movement is in many respects one which has my warmest sympathy.
George Bernard Shaw
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We all remember the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. What is less well known is that BP is claiming a 9.9 billion tax deduction on the money they had to spend cleaning up their own mess and paying for damages they caused. That is absurd.
Bernie Sanders
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