Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these created beings!
Maimonides
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Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves – who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
Stephen Covey
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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.
George Bernard Shaw
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After I left D.C. to join Black Flag, I felt I was in a band.
Henry Rollins
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Get mad, then get over it.
Colin Powell
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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Absence – that common cure of love.
Lord Byron
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There is no body of theory or significant body of relevant information, beyond the comprehension of the layman, which makes policy immune from criticism.
Noam Chomsky
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Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can’t get creative and find alternate solutions if they don’t listen to each other. There’s a lot of arguing and justifying.
Stephen Covey
Got any book recommendations?