Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
Francis Bacon
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The chances that your tombstone will read ‘Killed by Asteroid’ are about the same as they’d be for ‘Killed in Airplane Crash.’
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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No matter how beautiful a woman might be, you’re always threatened by certain… You’re always threatened by other women, period.
Dolly Parton
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Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents.
Richard M. Nixon
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates
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The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.
Tony Robbins
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If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw
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When historians consider the significance of the Berlin crises of the mid-20th century, I do not believe that they will record it as an incident in the encirclement of freedom. The true view, in my judgment, will be to see it rather as a major episode in the recession of communism.
Robert Kennedy
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