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Henry Ward Beecher
June 24, 1813 – March 8, 1887
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of ...
George Orwell
June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 21 January 1950), better known by his psuedonymGeorge Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by ...
Helen Keller
June 27, 1880 – June 1968
Alone we can do so little together we can do so much.
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a bachelor of arts ...
Pearl S. Buck
June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, ...
Reinhold Niebuhr
June 21, 1892 – June 1971
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love.
Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr was an American theologian, ethicist, public intellectual, commentator on politics and public affairs, and ...
Norman Cousins
June 24, 1915 – November 30, 1990
He who keeps his cool best wins.
Norman Cousins was an American political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
Jean Anouilh
June 23, 1910 – October 3, 1987
Life is very nice, but it lacks form. It's the aim of art to give it some.
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to ...
David Ogilvy
June 23, 1911 – July 21, 1999
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
David Mackenzie Ogilvy, CBE, was an advertising executive who was widely hailed as "The Father of Advertising". In 1962, Time called him ...
Emma Goldman
June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940
Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.
Emma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing, and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of ...
John Ciardi
June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986
Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
John Anthony Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine ...
Gaston Bachelard
June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he ...
Matthew Simpson
June 21, 1811 – June 18, 1884
I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today.
Matthew Simpson, was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1852 and based mostly in Chicago. During the ...
Mary McCarthy
June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989
In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.
Mary Therese McCarthy was an American author, critic and political activist.
Irvin S. Cobb
June 23, 1876 – March 11, 1944
Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (June 23, 1876 - March 11, 1944) was an American author, humorist, and columnist who lived in New York and authored ...
George A. Smith
June 26, 1817 – September 1875
Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up.
George Albert Smith was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of ...
Gilbert Highet
June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
Gilbert Arthur Highet was a Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, intellectual, critic and literary historian. Born in Scotland, ...
Anna Akhmatova
June 23, 1889 – March 5, 1966
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, better known by the pen name Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian modernist poet, one of the most acclaimed writers in ...
Jack Dempsey
June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983
Tell him he can have my title, but I want it back in the morning.
William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey, also known as "Kid Blackie" and "The Manassa Mauler", was an American professional boxer, who became a ...
Bernard Berenson
June 26, 1865 – October 6, 1959
When everything else physical and mental seems to diminish, the appreciation of beauty is on the increase.
Bernard Berenson was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and ...
Joseph Hall
June 26, 1793 – December 31, 1859
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
Joseph Hall a United States Representative from Maine. Hall was born on June 26, 1793 in Methuen, Massachusetts. He attended the common ...
Virginia Satir
June 26, 1916 – September 10, 1988
Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Virginia Satir was an American author and social worker, known especially for her approach to family therapy and her work with family ...