Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Lou Holtz
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
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Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.
Elvis Presley
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I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.
Bob Dylan
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It’s nice to know there are some things in early 21st-century post-industrial culture that don’t change very fast. I am one of those.
Utah Phillips
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A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
H. L. Mencken
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I used to teach dance lessons.
Eartha Kitt
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Successful businesses create jobs; that is true. But the notion that if we cut taxes enough for the very rich and for already hugely profitable businesses, then all that money will trickle down to everyone else in the form of job creation is simply false.
Marianne Williamson
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To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.
Eckhart Tolle
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
Chanakya
Got any book recommendations?