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 18, 2026 · Europe/Berlin
“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time, none, zero.
The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play.
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.
All power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.
Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-a*s Irish pub.
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long.
I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.
The moment you begin apologizing for how you manage your time, you are essentially apologizing for your priorities, which means apologizing for your life.
The days can be easy if the years are consistent. You can write a book or get in shape or code a piece of software in 30 minutes per day. But the key is you can't miss a bunch of days.