Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The child who concentrates is immensely happy.
Maria Montessori
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Bad men are full of repentance.
Aristotle
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Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.
Thomas Carlyle
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We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.
Jordan Peterson
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It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go.
Jim Rohn
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Stand-up can take you in so many different places, man. So many doors can be opened up from stand-up comedy, and the first one that was opened up for me was acting. But you can go from acting to being a TV personality to being a radio personality to being a writer to being a producer, to just being a visionary, to voiceover work.
Kevin Hart
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Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.
Susan B. Anthony
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