Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path.
George Herbert
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I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur’s cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master’s car.
Nelson Mandela
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Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
George Eliot
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I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.
Bob Dylan
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It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I was nominated at first by a group called Justice Democrats. They were trying to essentially field non-corporate candidates in the 2018 midterm election. They were looking for people with a history of community service, and my name had come across their desk, and they called.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Voltaire
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God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
William Ellery Channing
Got any book recommendations?