Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Dale Carnegie
-
Writing is my way of expressing – and thereby eliminating – all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
Zadie Smith
-
We had teachers, we had high school principals, we had people teaching in colleges and university in Tuskegee, Alabama. But they were told they failed the so-called literacy test.
John Lewis
-
You are the one who calls the law of attraction into action, and you do it through your thoughts.
Rhonda Byrne
-
Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
Rene Descartes
-
The finest souls are those that have the most variety and suppleness.
Michel de Montaigne
-
Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.
Elon Musk
-
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
Richard M. Nixon
-
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
Honore de Balzac
-
Once I get on a puzzle, I can’t get off.
Richard P. Feynman
Got any book recommendations?