Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.
Robert Baden-Powell
-
People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don’t know , but they recognize the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF, their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump ‘UNICEF.’
Audrey Hepburn
-
Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.
Leonardo da Vinci
-
‘Happiness’ is a pointless goal.
Jordan Peterson
-
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
William Shakespeare
-
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
Aesop
-
The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.
Charles Dickens
-
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.
Earl Nightingale
-
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
Coco Chanel
-
As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I’d written? Yes. There’s many of them!
Dolly Parton
Got any book recommendations?