Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.
Thomas Carlyle
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Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright’s pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.
Maya Angelou
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
Anthony Burgess
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I find that I sent wolves not shepherds to govern Ireland, for they have left me nothing but ashes and carcasses to reign over!
Elizabeth I
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You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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I’ve been trying to… Having been an English literary graduate, I’ve been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity.
Douglas Adams
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His beautiful hammer and the delicate soft head of the wilting, villainous, old hag met in the most endearing embrace. The pulp oozed from her brain like a mystic fountain only read about in fairytales.
Nishta Kochar
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In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don’t have a plan for reconstruction at home.
Jesse Jackson
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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert Einstein
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