Quote of the day by Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘Yes, I grew up in privilege. Not economic privilege, but the ultimate privilege of having two parents in the home’

Quote of the day by Vivek Ramaswamy on family values and real privilege. In 2024, Vivek Ramaswamy redefined privilege in his book TRUTHS: The Future of America First as he expanded the concept of privilege from economic affluence to emotional abundance. By the time the book was published, the billionaire entrepreneur had left the presidential […]

Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: “Philanthropy to me means using your voice, your time, your skills, or your money, your resources, to change the world for the better” – a timeless lesson that proves generosity is about far more than wealth | World News

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Most people picture a philanthropist as someone signing enormous cheques, not someone volunteering an evening a week or simply speaking up for a cause they believe in. Melinda French Gates has spent years pushing back against that narrow picture. “Philanthropy to me means using your voice, your time, your […]

Quote of the day by Malcolm X: ‘A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man’

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 Will Smith: “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time.” | World News

Two people can spend the same hour on their phones and come away completely differently. One scrolls, argues in a comment section, and feels drained by the time they put it down. The other uses that same hour to check in on a friend, share something useful, or make someone’s day a little easier, and […]

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 […]