Brief Glimpse To The World Greatest Minds

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Let's take a moment to reflect on these pearls of wit and wisdom dropped by some of the greatest movers and shakers known to humanity?

Sometimes we love to quotes them too, but do we know who they are? or recognise their faces?

It's great honor for me to introduce some of my favourite philosopher to you; my frequent visitors.

Randomly.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history.
Born: October 15, 1844, Röcken, Germany

Jubran Khalil Jubran

Kahlil Gibran
Artist
Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Khalil Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire, to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran.
Born: January 6, 1883, Bsharri
Died: April 10, 1931, New York City, New York, United States
Full name: Jubran Khalil Jubran
Movies: The Prophet, The Three Ants

Earnest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway
Novelist
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Wikipedia
Born: July 21, 1899, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: July 2, 1961, Ketchum, Idaho, United States

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father of the United States
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Wikipedia
Born: January 17, 1706, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Plato

Plato
Philosopher
Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Wikipedia
Born: Classical Athens
Died: Classical Athens

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Writer
Jiddu Krishnamurti was a speaker and writer on matters that concerned humankind. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the organisation behind it. Wikipedia
Born: May 11, 1895, Madanapalle, India
Died: February 17, 1986, Ojai, California, United States

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Wikipedia
Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States
Height: 6′ 4″
Spouse: Mary Todd Lincoln (m. 1842–1865)
Party: National Union Party
Children: William Wallace Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln

John Lennon

John Lennon
Singer-songwriter · johnlennon.com
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music.Wikipedia
Born: October 9, 1940, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Assassinated: December 8, 1980, New York City, New York, United States

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist. He developed the general theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. Einstein's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science. Wikipedia
Born: March 14, 1879, Ulm, Germany
Died: April 18, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey, United States

Tryon Edwards

Tryon Edwards
Tryon Edwards was an American theologian, best known for compiling A Dictionary of Thoughts, a book of quotations. He published the works of Jonathan Edwards in 1842. Wikipedia
Born: 1809
Died: 1894

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th U.S. President
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961, and the last U.S. President to have been born in the 19th century. Wikipedia
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas, United States
Died: March 28, 1969, Washington, D.C., United States
Predecessor: Harry S. Truman
Successor: John F. Kennedy

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. Wikipedia
Born: July 18, 1937, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: February 20, 2005, Woody Creek, Colorado, United States

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde
Playwright
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.Wikipedia
Born: October 16, 1854, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France

William Saroyan
Dramatist
William Saroyan was an American dramatist and author. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy. Wikipedia
Born: August 31, 1908, Fresno, California, United States
Died: May 18, 1981, Fresno, California, United States
Plays: The Time of Your Life, Hello Out There!, My Heart's in the Highlands

• Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.
• The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
• In the time of your life, live—so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches.

Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke
Fiction writer
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. Wikipedia
Born: December 16, 1917, Minehead, United Kingdom
Died: March 19, 2008, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Short stories: The Sentinel, The Star

Mahatma Ghandi

Mahatma Gandhi
Lawyer
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Wikipedia
Born: October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India
Assassinated: January 30, 1948, New Delhi, India

William Wallace
Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297. Wikipedia
Born: Elderslie, United Kingdom
Died: August 23, 1305, Smithfield, London, City of London, United Kingdom
Height: 6′ 5″

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Wikipedia
Born: May 29, 1917, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (m. 1953–1963)
Assassinated: November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas, United States
Children: Caroline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Arabella Kennedy
Education: Harvard College (1936–1940)


• My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
• Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
• Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Oscar Wilde

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• We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
• Be yourself; everyone else is already taken
• To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee
Martial Artist
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, filmmaker, and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen. Wikipedia
Born: November 27, 1940, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, United States
Died: July 20, 1973, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Mark Twain

Mark Twain
Author
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel". Wikipedia
Born: November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, United States
Died: April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut, United States
Full name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Laozi

Laozi
Philosopher
Laozi was a philosopher and poet of ancient China. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, and as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. Wikipedia
Born: Henan, China
Died: 531 BC, China
Schools of thought: Taoism
Movies: Seers and Clowns

• Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
• When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
• Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

And The One And Only

• I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. 
• Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

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