Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Poetry For My “Hatch Day”, Since 1959 – Bells
“I Hear the sledges with the bells – Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To…
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Quote of the Day 29 November 2013 – Family
“In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for…
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Quote of the Day 28 November 2013 – Thanksgiving
“Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for — annually, not oftener — if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the…
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Quote of the Day 27 November 2013 – Think
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”…
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Quote of the Day 25 November 2013 – Pointing Fingers
“Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I’m not perfect -and I don’t live to be- but before you start pointing fingers… make sure you hands are clean!” ? Bob Marley Related articles 5 Bob Marley Quotes to Live By! Bob Marley – Legend (-_-) One Love: a tale of peace through…
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Poetry of the Day 24 November 2013 – Invictus
“Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and…
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Quote of the Day 23 September 2013 – Why Not You?
“Why Not You? Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you? Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you? Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you? Today, many will…
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Quote of the Day 22 November 2013 – A Demon
“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and…
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Quote of the Day 21 November 2013 – Searching
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.” ? Martin Luther King, Jr Related articles Artist Creates Photo Of Martin Luther King Jr. In A Hoodie Things that matter most.…
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Quote of the Day 20 November 2013 – Service of Others
“Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others…By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.” ? Gordon B. Hinckley…
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