Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I try to swim every damn day I can, and I’ve learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
Nina Simone
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
Benjamin Franklin
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Once you clear out from your consciousness things that no longer matter, you’re able to make room for other things.
RuPaul
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I have a nice office. I have a nice house… So I’m not denying myself some great things. I just don’t happen to have expensive hobbies.
Bill Gates
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I wonder what it’s like to be from a state that is spread across a few islands way out in the Pacific Ocean, only added to the United States in 1959. Not only that but to be the birthplace of America’s first black president? Pretty cool, I bet.
Henry Rollins
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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
Plato
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In my later years, I have looked in the mirror each day and found a happy person staring back. Occasionally I wonder why I can be so happy. The answer is that every day of my life I’ve worked only for myself and for the joy that comes from writing and creating. The image in my mirror is not optimistic, but the result of optimal behavior.
Ray Bradbury
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There are folks who now know black families – like the Johnsons on ‘Black-ish’ or the folks on ‘Modern Family.’ They become part of who you are. You share their pains. You understand their fears. They make you laugh, and they change how you see the world.
Michelle Obama
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The day of the absolute is over, and we’re in for the strange gods once more.
D. H. Lawrence
Got any book recommendations?