Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That’s a foolish choice. It’s foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
Mae Jemison
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Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
Oscar Wilde
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In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I don’t think I’ve ever read poetry, ever.
Eminem
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
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Investigating the forces that hold the nuclear particles together was a long task.
Richard P. Feynman
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You feel the shame, humiliation, and anger at being just another victim of prejudice, and at the same time, there’s the nagging worry that maybe… you’re just no good.
Nina Simone
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We love things we love what they are.
Robert Frost
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
Benjamin Disraeli
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Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.
Mahatma Gandhi
Got any book recommendations?