Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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42 Quotes About Telling the Truth
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. – Paolo Coelho Telling someone the truth is a loving act. – Mal Pancoast Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. – Mark Twain When in doubt, tell the Truth.…
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49 Idealism Quotes
The purest idealism is unconsciously equivalent to the deepest knowledge. – Adolf Hitler Idealism is only naive when it lacks action, determination, and imagination. – Colin Wright Idealism is the highest form of reason. – John Charles Polanyi Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive. – William…
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40 Bad Habits Quotes
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. – Benjamin Franklin Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure. – Og Mandino The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones. – Jerome Hines The…
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48 Victim Quotes
Definition of a victim: a person to whom life happens. – Peter McWilliams The worst kind of victim was the kind that was aware of nothing. – B. Barmanbek Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results. – Robin Sharma You can’t play the role of a victim all your life without becoming one…
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43 Quotes About Wasting Time
The biggest mistake you can make in life is to waste your time. – Jerry Bruckner A year from now you will wish you had started today. – Karen Lamb If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. – Bruce Lee If you are not…
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57 Unity Quotes
United we stand, divided we fall. – Aesop All for one, and one for all. – Alexandre Dumas The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. – W. Somerset Maugham Unity is strength, division is weakness. – Swahili Proverb No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven…
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48 Vanity Quotes
Self-love is the greatest of all flatterers. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld Clothes don’t make the man. – Unknown Vanity blossoms but bares no fruit. – Nepalese Proverb If someone gives you advice, it is in his own interest. – Tunisian Proverb Vanity is a weakness. I know this. It’s a…
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57 Criticism Quotes
The dread of criticism is the death of genius. – William Gilmore Simms I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic. – Leonard Bernstein Think before you speak is criticism’s motto, speak before you think, creation’s. – E. M. Forster The critic has to educate…
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37 Assumptions Quotes
Never make assumptions about someone based on your past experiences with someone else. – Unknown Assumptions are made and most assumptions are wrong. – Albert Einstein We make the assumption that everyone sees life the way we do. – Miguel Angel Ruiz It is useless to attempt to reason a man out…
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55 Positive Energy Quotes
Positive anything is better than negative nothing. – Elbert Hubbard When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It’s very simple. – Paulo Coelho If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berie All you can change is yourself, but sometimes that changes everything. – Gary W Goldstein…
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