Daily Quote

https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#daily_quote Daily Quote 2026-11-12T00:57:47.708182+00:00 Daily Quote Feedseek https://feeds-proxy.travny.workers.dev/favicon?domain=en.wikiquote.org&sz=64&provider=duckduckgo https://feeds-proxy.travny.workers.dev/favicon?domain=en.wikiquote.org&sz=256&provider=duckduckgo https://feeds-proxy.travny.workers.dev/favicon?domain=en.wikiquote.org&sz=256&provider=duckduckgo https://feeds-proxy.travny.workers.dev/favicon?domain=en.wikiquote.org&sz=64&provider=duckduckgo One quote a day, with a Wikiquote link to the author when one exists https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-12 “The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.” — Richard Francis Burton 2026-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 Richard Francis Burton The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. — Richard Francis Burton 2026-11-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-11 “The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind's proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.” — Epictetus 2026-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 Epictetus The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind's proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions. — Epictetus 2026-11-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-10 “The hottest love has the coldest end” — Sokrates 2026-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 Sokrates The hottest love has the coldest end — Sokrates 2026-11-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-09 “Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.” — Patrick White 2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 Patrick White Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. — Patrick White 2026-11-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-08 “Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.” — Allen Ginsberg 2026-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 Allen Ginsberg Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. — Allen Ginsberg 2026-11-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-07 “Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” — Voltaire 2026-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 Voltaire Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. — Voltaire 2026-11-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-06 “I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven.” — Winston Churchill 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill I do not see any other way of realizing our hopes about World Organization in five or six days. Even the Almighty took seven. — Winston Churchill 2026-11-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-05 “Being patient with a fool requires one not to be one.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Being patient with a fool requires one not to be one. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-04 “I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.” — Warren Buffett 2026-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 Warren Buffett I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will. — Warren Buffett 2026-11-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-03 “Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.” — Ralph Emerson 2026-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 Ralph Emerson Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed. — Ralph Emerson 2026-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-02 “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” — Voltaire 2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 Voltaire It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere. — Voltaire 2026-11-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-11-01 “You teach best what you most need to learn.” — Richard Bach 2026-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 Richard Bach You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach 2026-11-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-31 “Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice” — Plato 2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 Plato Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice — Plato 2026-10-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-30 “Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.” — Sun Tzu 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 Sun Tzu Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. — Sun Tzu 2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-29 “The time art of memory is the art of attention.” — Samuel Johnson 2026-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 Samuel Johnson The time art of memory is the art of attention. — Samuel Johnson 2026-10-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-28 “Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.” — George Santayana 2026-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 George Santayana Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men. — George Santayana 2026-10-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-27 “I value my time so much that undressing is the only thing I am willing to do for sex.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 Mokokoma Mokhonoana I value my time so much that undressing is the only thing I am willing to do for sex. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-26 “Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” — Roy T. Bennett 2026-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 Roy T. Bennett Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others. — Roy T. Bennett 2026-10-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-25 “Be aware of doing your best to understand the ROOT in life, and realize the DIRECT and the INDIRECT are in fact a complementary WHOLE. It is to see things as they are and not to become attached to anything — to be unconscious meant to be be innocent of the working of a relative (empirical) mind — where there is no abiding of though anywhere on anything — this is being unbound. This not abiding anywhere is the root of our life.” — Bruce Lee 2026-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 Bruce Lee Be aware of doing your best to understand the ROOT in life, and realize the DIRECT and the INDIRECT are in fact a complementary WHOLE. It is to see things as they are and not to become attached to anything — to be unconscious meant to be be innocent of the working of a relative (empirical) mind — where there is no abiding of though anywhere on anything — this is being unbound. This not abiding anywhere is the root of our life. — Bruce Lee 2026-10-25T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-24 “Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell 2026-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 Bertrand Russell Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom. — Bertrand Russell 2026-10-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-23 “The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00 Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space. — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-22 “Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.” — Tammy Wynette 2026-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 Tammy Wynette Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to. — Tammy Wynette 2026-10-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-21 “Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.” — Sun Tzu 2026-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 Sun Tzu Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge. — Sun Tzu 2026-10-21T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-20 “I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-10-20T00:00:00+00:00 Friedrich Nietzsche I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-10-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-19 “Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.” — Bertrand Russell 2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 Bertrand Russell Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. — Bertrand Russell 2026-10-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-18 “If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?” — Confucius 2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 Confucius If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn? — Confucius 2026-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-17 “The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him.” — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) 2026-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) The happiest of people is the one under whose care people are happy because of him, and the most miserable of people is the one under whose care people are miserable because of him. — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) 2026-10-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-16 “No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.” — Seneca 2026-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 Seneca No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned. — Seneca 2026-10-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-15 “If she's an apple and you're an orange, celebrate your differences. Make a great fruit salad. Love isn't about being the same, it's about being sweet to each other.” — Anonymous 2026-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 Anonymous If she's an apple and you're an orange, celebrate your differences. Make a great fruit salad. Love isn't about being the same, it's about being sweet to each other. — Anonymous 2026-10-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-14 “He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” — Sun Tzu 2026-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 Sun Tzu He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. — Sun Tzu 2026-10-14T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-13 “Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.” — Francis Bacon 2026-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 Francis Bacon Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. — Francis Bacon 2026-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-12 “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.” — Aesop 2026-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 Aesop It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. — Aesop 2026-10-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-11 “Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.” — Karl Marx 2026-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 Karl Marx Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. — Karl Marx 2026-10-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-10 “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” — Anonymous 2026-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 Anonymous Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. — Anonymous 2026-10-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-09 “Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives.” — Sue Murphy 2026-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 Sue Murphy Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives. — Sue Murphy 2026-10-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-08 “He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.” — Abu Bakr (R.A) 2026-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 Abu Bakr (R.A) He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr (R.A) 2026-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-07 “History, Despite Its Wrenching Pain, Cannot Be Unlived, But If Faced With Courage, Need Not Be Lived Again.” — Maya Angelou 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 Maya Angelou History, Despite Its Wrenching Pain, Cannot Be Unlived, But If Faced With Courage, Need Not Be Lived Again. — Maya Angelou 2026-10-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-06 “If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.” — Larry Page 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 Larry Page If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. — Larry Page 2026-10-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-05 “You should not quarrel with your neighbor, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.” — Abu Bakr (R.A) 2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 Abu Bakr (R.A) You should not quarrel with your neighbor, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people. — Abu Bakr (R.A) 2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-04 “God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.” — John Donne 2026-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 John Donne God employs several translators some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. — John Donne 2026-10-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-03 “Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” — Benjamin Disraeli 2026-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 Benjamin Disraeli Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. — Benjamin Disraeli 2026-10-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-02 “People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson 2026-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 Ralph Waldo Emerson People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson 2026-10-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-10-01 “Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy. — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-30 “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 Friedrich Nietzsche He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-29 “Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal.” — Albert Einstein 2026-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 Albert Einstein Man owes his strength in the struggle for existence to the fact that he is a social animal. — Albert Einstein 2026-09-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-28 “The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?” — Max De Pree 2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 Max De Pree The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? — Max De Pree 2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-27 “I Love Sleep. My Life Has The Tendency To Fall Apart When I'M Awake, You Know?” — Ernest Hemingway 2026-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 Ernest Hemingway I Love Sleep. My Life Has The Tendency To Fall Apart When I'M Awake, You Know? — Ernest Hemingway 2026-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-26 “Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground.” — Theodore Roosevelt 2026-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 Theodore Roosevelt Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt 2026-09-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-25 “If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere.” — Marilyn Monroe 2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 Marilyn Monroe If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have got anywhere. — Marilyn Monroe 2026-09-25T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-24 “Someone remembers, someone cares; your name is whispered in someone's prayers.” — Anonymous 2026-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 Anonymous Someone remembers, someone cares; your name is whispered in someone's prayers. — Anonymous 2026-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-23 “An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.” — Robert Henri 2026-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 Robert Henri An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. — Robert Henri 2026-09-23T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-22 “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” — Mahatma Gandhi 2026-09-22T00:00:00+00:00 Mahatma Gandhi The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi 2026-09-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-21 “Love Begins At Home, And It Is Not How Much We Do... But How Much Love We Put In That Action.” — Mother Teresa 2026-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 Mother Teresa Love Begins At Home, And It Is Not How Much We Do... But How Much Love We Put In That Action. — Mother Teresa 2026-09-21T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-20 “Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.” — Baltasar Gracián 2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 Baltasar Gracián Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong. — Baltasar Gracián 2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-19 “The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago.” — Warren Buffett 2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 Warren Buffett The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years ago. — Warren Buffett 2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-18 “The good is the beautiful” — Plato 2026-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 Plato The good is the beautiful — Plato 2026-09-18T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-17 “Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.” — George Santayana 2026-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 George Santayana Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. — George Santayana 2026-09-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-16 “The whole world is about three drinks behind.” — Humphrey Bogart 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 Humphrey Bogart The whole world is about three drinks behind. — Humphrey Bogart 2026-09-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-15 “In the twinkling of an eye I found myself without an office, without a seat, without a party, and without an appendix.” — Winston Churchill 2026-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill In the twinkling of an eye I found myself without an office, without a seat, without a party, and without an appendix. — Winston Churchill 2026-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-14 “A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” — Benjamin Franklin 2026-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 Benjamin Franklin A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. — Benjamin Franklin 2026-09-14T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-13 “The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.” — Francoise de Motteville 2026-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 Francoise de Motteville The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure. — Francoise de Motteville 2026-09-13T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-12 “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” — William Burroughs 2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 William Burroughs Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. — William Burroughs 2026-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-11 “Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them....” — Euripides 2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 Euripides Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.... — Euripides 2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-10 “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.” — Pablo Picasso 2026-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 Pablo Picasso Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. — Pablo Picasso 2026-09-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-09 “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” — Ziggy 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 Ziggy You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. — Ziggy 2026-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-08 “Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly. — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-09-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-07 “These Capitalists Generally Act Harmoniously And In Concert, To Fleece The People.” — Abraham Lincoln 2026-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 Abraham Lincoln These Capitalists Generally Act Harmoniously And In Concert, To Fleece The People. — Abraham Lincoln 2026-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-06 “...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays....” — Aldous Huxley 2026-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 Aldous Huxley ...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays.... — Aldous Huxley 2026-09-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-05 “The good life is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.” — Bertrand Russell 2026-09-05T00:00:00+00:00 Bertrand Russell The good life is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good. — Bertrand Russell 2026-09-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-04 “No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.” — Eleanor Roosevelt 2026-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 Eleanor Roosevelt No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. — Eleanor Roosevelt 2026-09-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-03 “The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 Friedrich Nietzsche The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art. — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-02 “It Is Better To Remain Silent And Be Thought A Fool Than To Open One'S Mouth And Remove All Doubt.” — Abraham Lincoln 2026-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 Abraham Lincoln It Is Better To Remain Silent And Be Thought A Fool Than To Open One'S Mouth And Remove All Doubt. — Abraham Lincoln 2026-09-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-09-01 “Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 Friedrich Nietzsche Every extension of knowledge arises from making the conscious the unconscious. — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-31 “Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.” — Confucius 2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 Confucius Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. — Confucius 2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-30 “A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.” — Albert Einstein 2026-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 Albert Einstein A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. — Albert Einstein 2026-08-30T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-29 “Keep alive the light of justice, and much that men say in blame will pass you by.” — Euripides 2026-08-29T00:00:00+00:00 Euripides Keep alive the light of justice, and much that men say in blame will pass you by. — Euripides 2026-08-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-28 “The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-08-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-27 “Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.” — Publilius Syrus 2026-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 Publilius Syrus Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. — Publilius Syrus 2026-08-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-26 “The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.” — Heraclitus 2026-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 Heraclitus The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. — Heraclitus 2026-08-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-25 “The time you think you're missing, misses you too.” — Ymber Delecto 2026-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 Ymber Delecto The time you think you're missing, misses you too. — Ymber Delecto 2026-08-25T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-24 “Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a slave.” — Epictetus 2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 Epictetus Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a slave. — Epictetus 2026-08-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-23 “A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.” — Warren Buffett 2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 Warren Buffett A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. — Warren Buffett 2026-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-22 “Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.” — Publilius Syrus 2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 Publilius Syrus Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently. — Publilius Syrus 2026-08-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-21 “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” — Abraham Lincoln 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 Abraham Lincoln Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. — Abraham Lincoln 2026-08-21T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-20 “When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.” — Napoleon Bonaparte 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 Napoleon Bonaparte When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. — Napoleon Bonaparte 2026-08-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-19 “To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2026-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-18 “You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.” — Paulo Coelho 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 Paulo Coelho You never know what life is like, until you have lived it. — Paulo Coelho 2026-08-18T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-17 “The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.” — Winston Churchill 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion. — Winston Churchill 2026-08-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-16 “Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand.” — Baltasar Gracián 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 Baltasar Gracián Sometimes it proves the highest understanding not to understand. — Baltasar Gracián 2026-08-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-15 “Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.” — Aristotle 2026-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 Aristotle Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. — Aristotle 2026-08-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-14 “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart” — Eleanor Roosevelt 2026-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 Eleanor Roosevelt Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart — Eleanor Roosevelt 2026-08-14T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-13 “I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.” — Franz Kafka 2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00 Franz Kafka I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it. — Franz Kafka 2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-12 “Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” — Mother Teresa 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 Mother Teresa Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. — Mother Teresa 2026-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-11 “A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others.” — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 2026-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. — Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 2026-08-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-10 “I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.” — Oscar Wilde 2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00 Oscar Wilde I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there. — Oscar Wilde 2026-08-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-09 “It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.” — Betty Friedan 2026-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 Betty Friedan It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself. — Betty Friedan 2026-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-08 “I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory - a remarkable and definite victory. The bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers and warmed and cheered all our hearts.” — Winston Churchill 2026-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory - a remarkable and definite victory. The bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers and warmed and cheered all our hearts. — Winston Churchill 2026-08-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-07 “As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friends are the ones walking in.” — Anonymous 2026-08-07T00:00:00+00:00 Anonymous As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friends are the ones walking in. — Anonymous 2026-08-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-06 “How does life construct those lines of force which make us alive?” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry How does life construct those lines of force which make us alive? — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-05 “Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you.” — Proverb 2026-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 Proverb Cheat the earth and the earth will cheat you. — Proverb 2026-08-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-04 “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.” — Rumi 2026-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 Rumi The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. — Rumi 2026-08-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-03 “During the Great Depression, the philosophy of grin-and-bear-it became a national coping mechanism.” — Maureen Corrigan 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 Maureen Corrigan During the Great Depression, the philosophy of grin-and-bear-it became a national coping mechanism. — Maureen Corrigan 2026-08-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-02 “Eating Words Has Never Given Me Indigestion.” — Winston Churchill 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill Eating Words Has Never Given Me Indigestion. — Winston Churchill 2026-08-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-08-01 “His reputation will go on increasing because scarcely anyone reads him.” — Voltaire 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 Voltaire His reputation will go on increasing because scarcely anyone reads him. — Voltaire 2026-08-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-31 “Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.” — Confucius 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 Confucius Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher. — Confucius 2026-07-31T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-30 “It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.” — Blaise Pascal 2026-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 Blaise Pascal It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason. — Blaise Pascal 2026-07-30T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-29 “Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.” — Bruce Lee 2026-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 Bruce Lee Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other. — Bruce Lee 2026-07-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-28 “The sun appears to pour itself down, and indeed its light pours in all direction, but the stream does not run out. This pouring is linear extension: that is why its beams are called rays, because they radiate in extended lines. You can see what a ray is if you observe the sun's light entering a dark room through a narrow opening. It extends in a straight line and impacts, so to speak, on any solid body in its path which blocks passage through the air on the other side: it settles there and does not slip off or fall.” — Marcus Aurelius 2026-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 Marcus Aurelius The sun appears to pour itself down, and indeed its light pours in all direction, but the stream does not run out. This pouring is linear extension: that is why its beams are called rays, because they radiate in extended lines. You can see what a ray is if you observe the sun's light entering a dark room through a narrow opening. It extends in a straight line and impacts, so to speak, on any solid body in its path which blocks passage through the air on the other side: it settles there and does not slip off or fall. — Marcus Aurelius 2026-07-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-27 “Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.” — Kurt Vonnegut 2026-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 Kurt Vonnegut Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand. — Kurt Vonnegut 2026-07-27T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-26 “Pain doesn't tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue, you will change.” — Kobe Bryant 2026-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 Kobe Bryant Pain doesn't tell you when you ought to stop. Pain is the little voice in your head that tries to hold you back because it knows if you continue, you will change. — Kobe Bryant 2026-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-25 “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” — Rumi 2026-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 Rumi Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. — Rumi 2026-07-25T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-24 “At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvellously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.” — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 Friedrich Nietzsche At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvellously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time. — Friedrich Nietzsche 2026-07-24T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-23 “The highest form of vanity is love of fame.” — George Santayana 2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 George Santayana The highest form of vanity is love of fame. — George Santayana 2026-07-23T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-22 “Truth is a matter of the imagination.” — Ursula K. Le Guin 2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 Ursula K. Le Guin Truth is a matter of the imagination. — Ursula K. Le Guin 2026-07-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-21 “Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.” — Francis Bacon 2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 Francis Bacon Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. — Francis Bacon 2026-07-21T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-20 “99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 Mokokoma Mokhonoana 99.99% of fools deny their foolishness. The rest underestimate it. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-19 “It is perfectly certain that the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will actually exist in another world” — Sokrates 2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 Sokrates It is perfectly certain that the soul is immortal and imperishable, and our souls will actually exist in another world — Sokrates 2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-18 “Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.” — Erica Jong 2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 Erica Jong Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. — Erica Jong 2026-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-17 “Prepare for the worst, expect the best and take what comes. This is fatalism.” — Anonymous 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 Anonymous Prepare for the worst, expect the best and take what comes. This is fatalism. — Anonymous 2026-07-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-16 “Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south?” — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) 2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00 Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) Who do you think's better looking people in the north or people in the south? — Umar ibn Al-Khattāb (R.A) 2026-07-16T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-15 “All the good are friends of one another.” — Zeno of Citium 2026-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 Zeno of Citium All the good are friends of one another. — Zeno of Citium 2026-07-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-14 “Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” — Abraham Lincoln 2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 Abraham Lincoln Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. — Abraham Lincoln 2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-13 “There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00 Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence. — Ali ibn Abi Talib (R.A) 2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-12 “Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 Mokokoma Mokhonoana Human beings are makers, usually of a mountain out of a molehill. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana 2026-07-12T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-11 “The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.” — Aesop 2026-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 Aesop The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. — Aesop 2026-07-11T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-10 “The element of the unexpected and the unforeseeable is what gives some of its relish to life and saves us from falling into the mechanical thralldom of the logicians.” — Winston Churchill 2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 Winston Churchill The element of the unexpected and the unforeseeable is what gives some of its relish to life and saves us from falling into the mechanical thralldom of the logicians. — Winston Churchill 2026-07-10T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-09 “If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 2026-07-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-08 “Sadness may be part of life but there is no need to let it dominate your entire life.” — Byron Pulsifer 2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 Byron Pulsifer Sadness may be part of life but there is no need to let it dominate your entire life. — Byron Pulsifer 2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-07 “The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.” — Benjamin Franklin 2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 Benjamin Franklin The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. — Benjamin Franklin 2026-07-07T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-06 “Our greatest glory is not in never failing but rising everytime we fall.” — Confucius 2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 Confucius Our greatest glory is not in never failing but rising everytime we fall. — Confucius 2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-05 “Fame always goes with the principles.” — Baltasar Gracián 2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00 Baltasar Gracián Fame always goes with the principles. — Baltasar Gracián 2026-07-05T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-04 “Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.” — Ayn Rand 2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 Ayn Rand Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. — Ayn Rand 2026-07-04T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-03 “Tolerance starts when you practise it.” — Proverb 2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00 Proverb Tolerance starts when you practise it. — Proverb 2026-07-03T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-02 “The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟” — Seneca 2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 Seneca The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet, will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing. The story is told that someone complained to Socrates that travelling abroad had never done him any good and received the reply: "What else can you expect, seeing that you always take yourself along with you when you go abroad?‟ — Seneca 2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-07-01 “I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.” — Rumi 2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 Rumi I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think. — Rumi 2026-07-01T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-30 “War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry War is not an adventure. It is a disease. It is like typhus. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-29 “In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep” — Sokrates 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00 Sokrates In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep — Sokrates 2026-06-29T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-28 “Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.” — Danish Proverb 2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00 Danish Proverb Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion. — Danish Proverb 2026-06-28T00:00:00+00:00 https://gist.github.com/trvny/167d2271e3cf7d21e118aa7d906a7d2c#2026-06-27 “Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.” — Bertrand Russell 2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00 Bertrand Russell Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. — Bertrand Russell 2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00