Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The foolish man conceives the idea of ‘self.’ The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of ‘self;’ thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
Buddha
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As for my stuff, I’m just doing guest verses for other people’s records. I try to stay recording, because if I don’t, I get rusty.
Eminem
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Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.
Desmond Tutu
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Having achieved and accomplished love… man… has become himself, his tale is told.
D. H. Lawrence
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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
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Some time ago, the United States was an English colony. If an Englishman were asked if the United States would be independent, he would have said no, that it would always be an English colony.
Fidel Castro
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Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It’s as big a political issue as health care is.
Rush Limbaugh
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Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
Bobby Knight
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