Quote of the day by JD Vance: ‘Poor people don’t wear pajamas. We fall asleep in our underwear or blue jeans’
JD Vance wrote about his childhood struggles in his 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy, which became a national bestseller. US Vice President JD Vance‘s life is a rags-to-riches story as he struggled with poverty and instability as he grew up. He chronicled his life in his best-selling book Hillbilly Elegy, published in 2016, just before Donald […]
Quote of the day by Haruki Murakami: ‘And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through’
Quote of the day by Haruki Murakami One of the most memorable lines written by renowned Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami is what he wrote at the beginning of Kafka on the Shore when he introduced the protagonist who decided to leave his home on his 15th birthday. “And once the storm is over, you won’t […]
Quote of the day by Franz Kafka: ‘There are some things one can achieve only by a deliberate leap in the opposite direction’
Franz Kafka | Anniversary of the author’s death – 3 June 1924 A chess player abandons a winning-looking attack because the position demands a retreat. A scientist abandons a familiar theory after years of defending it. A person leaves a secure career to pursue a path that seems, from the outside, like a step backward. […]
Quote of the day by Diogenes: ‘I threw away my cup when I saw a child drinking water from his hands’
Diogenes of Sinope lived on the streets, ate with dogs A poor philosopher was walking through the streets carrying almost nothing. His clothes were worn, his possessions could fit into a small bundle, and among the few objects he still owned was a wooden drinking cup. Then he noticed a child kneeling beside a fountain. […]
Quote of the day by Charlie Kirk: ‘I can’t stand the word empathy. I think it is a made-up, new-age term’
Charlie Kirk said he hated the word empathy. In 2022, Charlie Kirk, the late conservative political activist and the co-founder of Turning Point USA, made these remarks about sympathy and empathy. “I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made-up, new-age term, and it does a lot of damage,” Kirk said. […]
What is coincidence? Quote of the day by Carl Jung: ‘We often dream about people from whom we receive a letter by the next post’
Quote of the day by Carl Jung on coincidence and synchronicity, and why one can see the future in dreams. Carl Jung introduced the concept of synchronicity, which means that not everything is a coincidence. The concept says that when several things happen by chance, which we think are just by coincidence, are not actually […]
Quote of the day by Queen Elizabeth: “Football’s a difficult business, and aren’t they prima donnas? But it’s a wonderful game.” – quote that perfectly captures why football remains the world’s favourite sport | World News
Football makes people feel things few other games manage. A single goal can lift an entire city. A missed penalty can ruin a Saturday for millions. Somewhere between all that drama and devotion sits a line from Queen Elizabeth II that sums the whole thing up in one breath: “Football’s a difficult business, and aren’t […]
Quote of the day by Michael Schumacher: ‘You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not?’
You Have to Prove Yourself Every Time: Why Michael Schumacher’s Words Still Define Excellence Picture an athlete standing on the podium, champagne still dripping from a hard-earned victory. The crowd is roaring, cameras are flashing, and for a brief moment the world seems settled: This is the champion. Yet within days, perhaps even hours, that […]