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"I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest—it's only a mountain".
Junko Tabei
Junko Tabei
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 PM
"I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest—it's only a mountain".
Junko Tabei
Junko Tabei
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
January 23, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Ovid
Ovid
January 22, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.
Ovid
Ovid
My dad's songs were really written to make certain people feel as though they had some kind of value. Because they were told from where they work and from the countries they had immigrated from that they did not.
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
My dad's songs were really written to make certain people feel as though they had some kind of value. Because they were told from where they work and from the countries they had immigrated from that they did not.
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
James Michener
James Michener
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.
James Michener
James Michener
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
Nicolas Chamfort
Nicolas Chamfort
January 17, 2026 at 2:50 PM
There are well-dressed foolish ideas just as there are well-dressed fools.
Nicolas Chamfort
Nicolas Chamfort
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
January 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Nelson
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The ultimate test of man’s conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
Gaylord Nelson
Gaylord Nelson
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others.
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.
Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke
January 12, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.
Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.
David Bowie
David Bowie
January 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person that you always should have been.
David Bowie
David Bowie
Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
January 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
January 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
January 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The greatest danger to our future is apathy.
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall
"The best way to predict
the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The best way to predict
the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
December 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger or annoy us.
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and calls for peace. This is a cry that requires responsibility and reason, and it must not be drowned out by the din of weapons or the rhetoric that incites conflict”
Pope Leo
Pope Leo
December 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and calls for peace. This is a cry that requires responsibility and reason, and it must not be drowned out by the din of weapons or the rhetoric that incites conflict”
Pope Leo
Pope Leo
“Our neighbors are not first our enemies … but other men and women with whom we can speak.”
Pope Leo
Pope Leo
December 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Our neighbors are not first our enemies … but other men and women with whom we can speak.”
Pope Leo
Pope Leo
"Make peace with someone before the holy night of Christmas. This will be a more precious gift than anything that can be bought, because peace is a gift found only in the heart".
Pope Leo.
Pope Leo.
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Make peace with someone before the holy night of Christmas. This will be a more precious gift than anything that can be bought, because peace is a gift found only in the heart".
Pope Leo.
Pope Leo.