A personal project
The World’s Greatest Quotes Collection
I’m a big fan of quotes. I collected a lot of them over the years. Here I share all of them with you.
If you want to submit some of yours, be my guest.
March 24, 2026 · Europe/Berlin
“The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.”
Recents
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Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
The art of not being ready and doing it anyway will take you far.
Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. Seek out argument and disputation for their own sake; the grave will supply plenty of time for silence.
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is, while you are thinking about it.
Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.
We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
Either I've been missing something or nothing has been going on.