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Quote of the day 02/28/26

From Henry David Thoreau: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.”

From Rabindranath Tagore: “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

From Jack Kerouac: “Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

From Charles Dickens: “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”

From John Milton: “Yet he who reigns within himself, and rulesPassions, desires, and fears, is more a king.”

From William Shakespeare: “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”

From René Descartes: “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

From Voltaire: “The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.”

From Xenophon: “Success should never breed complacency.”

From Xenophon: “Whatever you determine to be right, with diligence endeavour to perform.”