Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Mahatma Gandhi
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You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president – and the president alone – who always makes the final call.
Michelle Obama
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There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.
Henry David Thoreau
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Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
Wayne Dyer
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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Calvin Coolidge
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Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.
Joyce Meyer
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My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we’ve had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.
Bill Gates
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