Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
Honore de Balzac
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
John Adams
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As a documentarian, you think, ‘Follow your curiosity.’
Ron Howard
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Anger is certainly a kind of baseness, as it appears well in the weakness of those subjects in whom it reigns: children, women, old folks, sick folks.
Francis Bacon
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Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don’t belong anymore to anyone, that I’m not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.
Muhammad Ali
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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
Jean de la Bruyere
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The next time someone tells you we can trim the budget by cutting aid, I hope you will ask whether it will come at the cost of more people dying.
Bill Gates
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Time is more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
Jim Rohn
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If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Got any book recommendations?