Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Francis Bacon
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There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
Thomas Jefferson
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Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter
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Better never than late.
George Bernard Shaw
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We know enough to reject the stereotype that people in the Midwest do not care about their brothers and sisters.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
Calvin Coolidge
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I have used the laws of this country just like the greatest people that you read about every day in business have used the laws of this country, the chapter laws, to do a great job for my company, for myself, for my employees, for my family, et cetera.
Donald Trump
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Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries. At my high school, I often spent my lunch breaks there.
Henry Rollins
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If you’re not out there taking some risks, if you’re just coasting along with your wins, then you’re not really trying.
Ron Howard
Got any book recommendations?