Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.
Thomas Merton
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Samuel Johnson
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I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I’ve started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I’ve written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun.
Ellen DeGeneres
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
Ambrose Bierce
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Move fast with stable infrastructure.
Mark Zuckerberg
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Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
Charles Spurgeon
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Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo’s sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey’s angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.
John C. Maxwell
Got any book recommendations?