Words of Wisdom

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 – July 7, 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective...

Oprah Winfrey, Dubbed the “Queen of All Media,” she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history

Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is...

Happy Birthday to R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor

Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and...

Benjamin Franklin, author of Poor Richards Almanack, 1749

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was...

Benjamin Franklin, after his daughter asked him to move, April 17, 1790

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was...

Agnes Repplier, American essayist

Agnes Repplier (April 1, 1858 – December 15, 1950) was an American essayist. Born in Philadelphia in 1855 or 1858,...

G.K. Chesterton, English writer, poet, philosopher, and dramatist

Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (May 29, 1874 – June 14, 1936), better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, poet,...

Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher and scientist

Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern...

Florence Shovel Shinn, American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years

Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871, Camden, New Jersey – October 17, 1940) was an American artist and book illustrator...

Montesquieu, political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment

Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (January 18, 1689 – February 10, 1755) is generally referred...

Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States (1801-1809)

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of...

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher; his 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (Russian; November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer,...

Partners & Supporters