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Behind every great quote is a life worth knowing. Browse all 1,008 authors and 2,578 quotes on Quote Place — philosophers and poets, scientists and stateswomen, rebels and mystics from every continent and century. Each profile pairs their most memorable lines with a short biography, so you can meet the mind behind the words.

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A

A. A. Milne (2) Author

A. Powell Davies (1) Unitarian Minister & Author

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (15) Scientist and President of India

Aamir Khan (3) Actor and filmmaker

Abba Eban (1) Diplomat

Abdul Sattar Edhi (2) Philanthropist

Abdurrahman Wahid (1) Religious leader and president

Abernathy (1) Author

Abraham Lincoln (31) U.S. President

Abraham Maslow (2) Psychologist

Ada Lovelace (1)

Adam Smith (1) Economist

Aesop (2) Fabulist

African proverb (2) Proverb

Agatha Christie (1) Novelist

Aimé Césaire (1) Martinican poet and statesman

Ajahn Chah (2) Buddhist monk

Akira Kurosawa (1) Film director

Akka Mahadevi (1) Poet-saint

Al-Biruni (1) Scholar and astronomer

Al-Ghazali (2) Theologian and philosopher

Alan Cohen (1) Author & Speaker

Alan Turing (3) Mathematician

Alan Watts (2) Philosopher & Writer

Albert Camus (12) Writer

Albert Einstein (38) Physicist

Albert Gray (1) Insurance Executive & Author

Albert Schweitzer (10) Theologian and physician

Aldous Huxley (2) Novelist & Essayist

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1) Writer

Alexander Fleming (3) Bacteriologist who discovered penicillin

Alexander Pope (2) Poet

Alexander the Great (1) King of Macedon

Alexandre Dumas (1) Novelist

Alexis Carrel (1) Surgeon & Biologist

Alfred Adler (1) Psychologist

Alfred Korzybski (1) Philosopher & Founder of General Semantics

Alfred North Whitehead (1) Mathematician & Philosopher

Alfred Painter (1) Author

Alfred Sheinwold (1) Bridge Columnist & Author

Alfred Tennyson (5) Poet

Alice Walker (1) Novelist & Poet

Allama Iqbal (4) Poet and philosopher

Alphonse Karr (1) Writer & Critic

Amartya Sen (3) Economist

Ambrose Bierce (1) Writer & Satirist

Amelia Earhart (2) Aviator

American proverb (1) Proverb

Amir Khusrau (1) Poet and musician

Amitabh Bachchan (3) Actor

Amy Bloom (1) Writer

Amy Tan (1) Novelist

Amílcar Cabral (1) Guinea-Bissau independence leader

Anais Nin (6) Writer

Anatole France (4) Novelist

Anaïs Nin (1) Writer

Andres Bonifacio (1) Revolutionary leader

Andrew Carnegie (5) Industrialist and philanthropist

André Gide (3) Novelist

Andy Rooney (1) Television Commentator & Writer

Andy Warhol (1) Artist

Angela Davis (1)

Angela Schwindt (1) Author

Anna Pavlova (1) Ballerina

Anne Bradstreet (1) Poet

Anne Bronte (1) Novelist & Poet

Anne Frank (5) Diarist

Anne Lamott (1) Writer

Anne Lindbergh (1) Author & Aviator

Anne Wilson Schaef (2) Psychotherapist & Author

Annie Dillard (1) Author

Anthony D'Angelo (1) Author

Anthony Robbins (2) Motivational Speaker & Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery (3) Writer & Aviator

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (3) Writer

Anton Chekhov (2) Playwright and story writer

Antonio Machado (1) Poet

Archimedes (3) Mathematician and inventor

Arie de Gues (1) Business Theorist

Aristotle (27) Philosopher

Arnold Schwarzenegger (5) Actor, bodybuilder and former governor

Arthur Ashe (1)

Arthur Conan Doyle (3) Writer

Arthur Rubinstein (1) Pianist

Arthur Schopenhauer (2) Philosopher

Aryabhata (1) Mathematician and astronomer

Astrid Lindgren (1) Writer

Audre Lorde (2) Poet and essayist

Audrey Hepburn (5) Actress and humanitarian

Augustine of Hippo (1) Theologian & Philosopher

Aung San Suu Kyi (3) Politician

Azim Premji (3) Chairman of Wipro

B

B. F. Skinner (3) Psychologist and founder of radical behaviorism

B.R. Ambedkar (6) Social reformer

Babatunde Olatunji (1) Drummer & Educator

Babe Ruth (1) Baseball Player

Bai Juyi (1) Poet

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1) Independence leader

Baltasar Gracian (1) Writer & Jesuit Priest

Ban Ki-moon (3) Diplomat

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (3) Bengali novelist

Barack Obama (4) U.S. President

Barbara Baron (1) Author

Barbara De Angelis (1) Relationship Consultant & Author

Baruch Spinoza (1) Philosopher

Basava (1) Philosopher and reformer

bell hooks (1) Author and feminist theorist

Ben Okri (2) Nigerian poet and novelist

Ben Stein (1) Actor, Writer & Commentator

Ben Sweetland (1) Author

Benjamin Disraeli (15) British Prime Minister & Novelist

Benjamin Franklin (7) Founding Father, inventor

Benjamin Haydon (1) Painter

Benjamin Spock (1) Pediatrician & Author

Bernadette Devlin (1) Civil Rights Activist & Politician

Bernice Reagon (2) Singer & Scholar

Bertolt Brecht (2) Playwright

Bertrand Russell (1) Philosopher & Mathematician

Betty Friedan (1) Writer & Feminist Activist

Bhagat Singh (3) Revolutionary

Bill Gates (5) Co-founder of Microsoft

Bill Nye (3) Science educator and television presenter

Bill Watterson (1)

Billie Armstrong (1) Musician

Billy Wilder (1) Film Director & Screenwriter

Birago Diop (1) Senegalese poet and storyteller

Black Elk (2) Oglala Lakota holy man

Blaise Pascal (15) Thinker

Bo Jackson (1) Athlete

Bob Marley (2) Jamaican reggae musician

Bob Newhart (1) Comedian & Actor

Bodhidharma (1) Buddhist Monk

Booker T. Washington (4) Educator

Brendan Francis (1) Author

Brian Tracy (4) Motivational Speaker & Author

Bruce Lee (31) Martial artist and actor

Buckminster Fuller (2) Architect & Inventor

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1) Buddhist monk

Bulleh Shah (1) Sufi poet

Byron Pulsifer (50) Author

Byron Roberts (1) Author

C

C. Pulsifer (1) Author

C. S. Lewis (1) Writer and scholar

C. V. Raman (3) Physicist

Cadet Maxim (1) Author

Calvin Coolidge (2) 30th US President

Cardinal Retz (1) Churchman & Memoirist

Carl Bard (1) Author

Carl Jung (22) Psychiatrist & Psychoanalyst

Carl Sagan (1) Astronomer & Science Communicator

Carl Sandburg (1) Poet & Biographer

Carla Gordon (1) Author

Carlos Castaneda (1) Author & Anthropologist

Caroline Myss (1) Author & Speaker

Catherine Pulsifer (4) Author

Catherine the Great (5) Empress of Russia

Cathy Pulsifer (1) Author

Cavour (1) Statesman

Cecil B. DeMille (1) Film Director & Producer

Cervantes (2) Novelist

Chairil Anwar (1) Poet

Chanakya (3) Philosopher and royal advisor

Charles A. Lindbergh (1) Aviator

Charles Bukowski (1)

Charles Chesnutt (1) Author

Charles Darwin (2) Naturalist

Charles DeLint (1) Author

Charles Dickens (6) Novelist

Charles Dubois (1) Author

Charles Eastman (1) Dakota writer and physician

Charles Kettering (1) Inventor & Engineer

Charles Lamb (1) Essayist

Charles Perkhurst (1) Author

Charles R. Swindoll (1) Pastor & Author

Charles Reade (1) Novelist

Charles Schwab (1) Steel Industrialist

Charles Swindoll (1) Pastor & Author

Charlie Chaplin (5) Comic actor and filmmaker

Charlotte Bronte (1) English novelist

Charlotte Brontë (3) Novelist

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (2) American writer and feminist

Che Guevara (1) Revolutionary and writer

Cheng Yen (2) Buddhist nun

Chief Joseph (2) Nez Perce leader

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4) Novelist

Chinese proverb (9) Proverb

Chinua Achebe (3) Novelist

Chiyo-ni (1) Poet

Christian Bovee (1) American author

Christina Rossetti (4) Poet

Christopher Morley (1) American writer and journalist

Christopher Reeve (1) American actor

Chuang Tzu (2) Chinese philosopher

Chuck Norris (2) American martial artist and actor

Cicero (3) Statesman and orator

Claire Charmont (1) Author

Clarice Lispector (1) Novelist

Cleopatra (2) Queen of Egypt

Clive James (2) Writer and critic

Coco Chanel (2) French fashion designer

Colette (1) French novelist

Colin Powell (1) American statesman and general

Confucius (52) Philosopher

Corita Kent (1) American artist

Cristiano Ronaldo (4) Footballer

Cullen Hightower (1) American humorist

Cynthia Ozick (1) American novelist and essayist

D

Dag Hammarskjöld (1) Diplomat

Daisaku Ikeda (6) Japanese Buddhist philosopher

Dalai Lama (41) Spiritual leader

Dale Carnegie (3) American author and lecturer

Dale Earnhardt (1) American racing driver

Danielle Ingrum (1) Author

Danilo Dolci (1) Italian social activist and writer

Dante Alighieri (2) Poet

Dave Weinbaum (1) Author

David Attenborough (4) Broadcaster and natural historian

David Bader (1) American author

David Ben-Gurion (1) Founder of Israel

David Brinkley (1) American journalist

David Eddings (1) American fantasy author

David Hume (5) Philosopher

David Jordan (1) Author

David McCullough (1) American historian

David Rockefeller (1) American banker and philanthropist

David Seamans (1) Author

Deepak Chopra (4) Author and alternative medicine advocate

Democritus (1) Philosopher

Demosthenes (1) Athenian orator

Deng Xiaoping (1) Statesman

Denis Waitley (5) American motivational author

Dennis Kimbro (1) American author and speaker

Derek Walcott (2) Saint Lucian poet and playwright

Desiderius Erasmus (3) Scholar

Desmond Tutu (6) Archbishop, anti-apartheid activist

Dhammapada (2) Buddhist scripture

Dhirubhai Ambani (4) Founder of Reliance Industries

Diego Maradona (4) Footballer

Dogen (7) Zen master

Donald Kircher (1) Author

Donald Trump (6) American president and businessman

Doris Day (1) American actress and singer

Doris Mortman (2) American novelist

Dorothy Thompson (2) American journalist

Doug Horton (1) Author

Doug Larson (1) American columnist and humorist

Douglas Adams (1) English author

Dr. David M. Burns (1) American psychiatrist and author

Dr. Seuss (2) Children's author and illustrator

Du Fu (1) Poet

Dwayne Johnson (4) Actor and former wrestler

Dylan Thomas (1) Poet

E

E. E. Cummings (1) American poet

E. M. Forster (1) English novelist

Eckhart Tolle (6) Spiritual teacher and author

Ed Cunningham (1) Author

Eddie Cantor (1) American entertainer

Eden Phillpotts (1) English novelist

Edgar Allan Poe (1) American writer and poet

Edith Wharton (1) American novelist

Edmond Rostand (1) French playwright

Edmund Burke (1) Statesman and philosopher

Edna Millay (1) American poet

Eduardo Galeano (2) Journalist and writer

Edward de Bono (1) Maltese author and thinker

Edward Ericson (1) Author

Edward Gibbon (1) English historian

Edward Said (1) Literary theorist

Edward Young (1) English poet

Edwidge Danticat (1) Haitian-American writer

Edwin Chapin (1) American minister and orator

Edwin Markham (1) American poet

Eileen Chang (1) Writer

Eknath Easwaran (1) Spiritual teacher and translator

Elbert Hubbard (6) American writer and publisher

Eleanor Roosevelt (15) Diplomat and activist

Elie Wiesel (1)

Elif Shafak (1) Novelist

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1) Swiss-American psychiatrist

Elizabeth Arden (1) Canadian-American businesswoman

Elizabeth Browning (3) English poet

Elizabeth I (4) Queen of England

Elizabeth Kenny (1) Australian nurse

Elizabeth Montagu (1) British writer and social reformer

Ella Fitzgerald (1) American jazz singer

Ella Wilcox (1) American poet

Ella Williams (1) Author

Ellen Gilchrist (1) American novelist

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2) President of Liberia

Ellen Parr (1) Author

Elon Musk (5) Entrepreneur, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

Emiliano Zapata (2) Revolutionary leader

Emily Brontë (1) Novelist and poet

Emily Dickinson (4) Poet

English proverb (1) Proverb

Epictetus (37) Stoic philosopher

Epicurus (2) Philosopher

Erich Fromm (1) Psychologist

Eriksson (1) Author

Ernest Hemingway (3) Novelist, Nobel laureate

Ernest Rutherford (4) Physicist

Estee Lauder (4) Founder of Estee Lauder Companies

Etty Hillesum (1) Dutch diarist

Euclid (3) Mathematician

Euripides (1) Greek playwright

Everett Dirksen (1) American politician

Émile Zola (1) Novelist

F

F. Scott Fitzgerald (4) Novelist of the Jazz Age

Faiz Ahmed Faiz (4) Poet

Fannie Hamer (1) American civil rights activist

Federico García Lorca (1) Poet and playwright

Felix Adler (1) American philosopher and educator

Flora Whittemore (1) Author

Florence Nightingale (1) Nurse and reformer

Forough Farrokhzad (1) Poet

Forrest Church (1) American minister and theologian

Fran Watson (1) Author

Frances de Sales (1) French bishop and saint

Francis Bacon (4) Philosopher and statesman

Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1) French author

Francoise de Motteville (1) French memoirist

Frank Crane (1) American minister and columnist

Frank Herbert (1) American science-fiction author

Frank Tyger (3) American cartoonist

Frank Wright (2) Author

Franklin D. Roosevelt (2) 32nd President of the United States

Franklin Roosevelt (3) American president

Frantz Fanon (1) Martinican psychiatrist and philosopher

Franz Kafka (1) Writer

Franz Liszt (1) Hungarian composer and pianist

François de La Rochefoucauld (1) Writer

Fred Rogers (1)

Freddie Mercury (1)

Frederick Douglass (4) Abolitionist, writer

Frederick Wilcox (1) Author

Frida Kahlo (2) Painter

Friedrich Nietzsche (12) Philosopher

Friedrich von Schiller (2) German poet and playwright

Fyodor Dostoevsky (3) Writer

G

G. K. Chesterton (2) English writer

Gabriel García Márquez (2) Novelist and journalist

Gabriela Mistral (2) Poet and educator

Gail Sheehy (1) American author and journalist

Galileo Galilei (1) Italian astronomer and physicist

Gautama Buddha (51) Spiritual teacher

General Douglas MacArthur (1) American general

Geoffrey F. Abert (1) Author

Georg Lichtenberg (2) Physicist and writer

George Allen (1) Football coach

George Bernard Shaw (12) Playwright

George Eliot (1) Novelist

George Matthew Adams (1) Columnist and syndicator

George Orwell (1) Novelist and essayist

George Patton (2) General

George Sand (1) Novelist

George Santayana (2) Philosopher

George Sheehan (1) Physician and running writer

George Washington (4) First President of the United States

Georgia O'Keeffe (1)

Germaine de Stael (2) Writer

Germaine Greer (3) Writer

German proverb (2) Proverb

Gloria Steinem (2) Journalist and activist

Golda Meir (3) Prime Minister of Israel

Gordon Hinckley (2) Religious leader

Grace Hopper (1)

Grandma Moses (1) Folk artist

Greta Thunberg (5) Climate activist

Gulzar (4) Poet, lyricist and filmmaker

Guru Nanak (1) Founder of Sikhism

Gustave Flaubert (2) Novelist

H

H. Bertram Lewis (1) Author

H. G. Wells (4) Novelist and historian

H. Jackson Browne (1) Author

H. W. Arnold (1) Author

Haddon Robinson (1) Preacher and professor

Hafez (2) Lyric poet

Hafiz (4) Persian poet

Hakuin Ekaku (3) Zen master

Hannah Arendt (1) Political theorist

Hannah More (2) Writer and philanthropist

Hannah Senesh (1) Poet and paratrooper

Hans Christian Andersen (1) Author of fairy tales

Harivansh Rai Bachchan (4) Hindi poet

Harold Nicolson (1) Diplomat and writer

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1) Novelist and abolitionist

Harriet Lerner (1) Psychologist and author

Harriet Tubman (2) Abolitionist

Harriet Woods (1) Politician

Harry Banks (1) Author

Harry Burchell Mathews (1) Author

Harry Kemp (1) Poet

Haruki Murakami (3) Novelist

Hasidic saying (1) Saying

Hausa (1) Proverb

Havelock Ellis (1) Physician and writer

Hayao Miyazaki (2) Animator and filmmaker

Haynes Bayly (1) Poet and songwriter

Heinrich Heine (1) Poet

Helen Keller (17) Author, activist

Henri Bergson (3) Philosopher

Henri-Frederic Amiel (4) Philosopher and poet

Henrik Ibsen (2) Playwright

Henry David Thoreau (7) Writer, naturalist

Henry Ford (3) Industrialist

Henry J. Kaiser (1) Industrialist

Henry James (1) Novelist

Henry Miller (2) Novelist

Henry Moore (1) Sculptor

Henry Reed (1) Poet

Henry Van Dyke (1) Author and clergyman

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2) Poet

Henry Ward Beecher (2) Clergyman and abolitionist

Heraclitus (4) Philosopher

Herbert Swope (1) Journalist

Hermann Hesse (1) Novelist and poet

Ho Chi Minh (3) Revolutionary leader

Holmes (1) Author

Homi Bhabha (3) Nuclear physicist

Honore de Balzac (2) Novelist

Horace (2) Poet

Horace Friess (1) Philosopher

Hsing Yun (1) Buddhist monk

Hugh Miller (1) Geologist and writer

I

Ibn Arabi (2) Sufi philosopher and poet

Ibn Sina (2) Physician and philosopher

Ida B. Wells (1)

Immanuel Kant (3) Philosopher

Indira Gandhi (1) Prime Minister of India

Ingrid Bergman (1) Actress

Iris Murdoch (1) Novelist and philosopher

Isaac Asimov (1) Science fiction author

Isaac Newton (3) Physicist

Isabel Allende (1) Novelist

Isocrates (1) Orator and rhetorician

Ivan Pavlov (3) Physiologist known for classical conditioning

Ivy Baker Priest (1) Treasurer of the United States

J

J. Willard Marriott (1) Businessman

J.K. Rowling (4) Author

J.M. Barrie (1) Writer

J.R.R. Tolkien (4) Writer

Jacinda Ardern (2) Politician

Jack Buck (1) Sportscaster

Jack Dixon (1) Author

Jack Ma (2) Entrepreneur

Jackie Chan (3) Actor and martial artist

Jackie Robinson (1)

Jacob Braude (1) Judge and quotation compiler

Jacques Cousteau (1)

Jagadish Chandra Bose (3) Physicist and biologist

Jamaica Kincaid (1) Antiguan-American writer

James Baldwin (2) Writer

James Barrie (1) Novelist and playwright

James Faust (1) Religious leader

James Freeman Clarke (1) Minister and author

James Joyce (3) Writer

James Oppenheim (1) Poet and novelist

James Pence (1) Author

James Russell Lowell (1) Poet and critic

James Yorke (1) Author

Jamie Paolinetti (1) Cyclist

Jane Addams (1) Social reformer

Jane Austen (4) Novelist

Jane Goodall (4) Primatologist and conservationist

Jane Roberts (1) Author

Janis Joplin (1) Singer

Japanese proverb (2) Proverb

Jason Fried (1) Entrepreneur and author

Jaun Elia (4) Urdu poet

Javed Akhtar (4) Poet, lyricist and screenwriter

Jawaharlal Nehru (7) First Prime Minister of India

Jean de la Fontaine (1) Poet and fabulist

Jean Lacordaire (2) Preacher

Jean Rhys (1) Dominican-born novelist

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1) Philosopher

Jean-Paul Sartre (3) Philosopher

Jeff Bezos (5) Founder of Amazon

Jessamyn West (1) Author

Jiddu Krishnamurti (6) Philosopher

Jim Beggs (1) Author

Jim Bishop (1) Journalist and author

Jim Rohn (4) Motivational speaker and author

Jim Ryun (1) Olympic runner

Jimmy Dean (1) Singer and entrepreneur

Jin Yong (1) Novelist

Joan Didion (1) Author and journalist

Joan of Arc (4) French saint and military leader

Joe Namath (1) Football player

Joe Paterno (1) Football coach

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (34) Writer and polymath

Johannes Gaertner (1) Author

John Acosta (1) Author

John Adams (1) President of the United States

John Astin (1) Actor

John Barrymore (1) Actor

John Berry (1) Author

John D. Rockefeller (5) Industrialist, co-founder of Standard Oil

John De Paola (1) Author

John Dewey (5) Philosopher and educator

John Donne (1) Poet and cleric

John Dryden (2) Poet and playwright

John Eliot (1) Author

John F. Kennedy (4) U.S. President

John Holmes (1) Author

John Junor (1) Journalist and newspaper editor

John Keats (3) Poet

John Lennon (12) Musician

John Locke (1) Philosopher

John Lubbock (2) Banker, politician and polymath

John Marshall (1) Chief Justice of the United States

John Muir (1) Naturalist and conservationist

John Paul II (1) Pope

John Petit-Senn (1) Poet and writer

John Pierrakos (1) Psychiatrist

John Powell (1) Priest, psychologist and author

John Quincy Adams (1) 6th President of the United States

John Ruskin (2) Art critic and writer

John Simone (1) Author

John Steinbeck (1) Novelist

John Stuart Mill (1) Philosopher and economist

John Updike (1) Novelist and critic

John Wooden (2) Basketball coach

Jon Kabat-Zinn (1) Professor and mindfulness teacher

Jonas Salk (1) Physician and medical researcher

Jonathan Kozol (1) Writer and educator

Joni Mitchell (1) Singer-songwriter

Jorge Luis Borges (2) Writer and poet

Jose Rizal (1) Writer and national hero

Joseph Campbell (2) Mythologist and author

Joseph Joubert (1) Moralist and essayist

Joseph Roux (1) Priest and writer

Joseph Stalin (1) Leader of the Soviet Union

José Martí (1) Poet and independence leader

José Rizal (5) Writer and reformer

Joy Harjo (1) Muscogee poet and musician

Joyce Brothers (1) Psychologist and television personality

Jules Poincare (1) Mathematician and physicist

Jules Verne (4) Novelist and pioneer of science fiction

Julian of Norwich (1) Mystic and anchoress

Julie Morgenstern (1) Organising expert and author

Julio Cortázar (1) Novelist and short-story writer

Julius Caesar (5) Roman general and statesman

Julius Charles Hare (1) Clergyman and writer

Julius Nyerere (1) Tanzanian statesman

K

Kabir (3) Mystic poet

Kahlil Gibran (35) Writer and poet

Kalpana Chawla (3) Astronaut

Kamau Brathwaite (1) Barbadian poet and historian

Kamo no Chōmei (1) Author

Karen Clark (1) Author

Karl Marx (1) Philosopher

Kartini (1) Women's rights advocate

Katharine Hepburn (1)

Katherine Mansfield (5) Writer

Kathleen Norris (1) Poet and essayist

Kazi Nazrul Islam (4) Bengali poet

Ken S. Keyes (1) Personal growth author

Kenji Miyazawa (2) Poet and writer

Kenneth Patton (1) Minister and writer

Keshavan Nair (1) Author and management thinker

Khaled Hosseini (2) Novelist

Kim Dae-jung (1) Statesman

Kim Gu (1) Independence leader

Kin Hubbard (1) Cartoonist and humorist

Kobayashi Issa (3) Poet

Kobe Bryant (1)

Kofi Annan (1) UN Secretary-General

Korean proverb (1) Proverb

Kurt Vonnegut (1)

Kwame Nkrumah (3) President of Ghana

Kūkai (1) Monk and scholar

L

Lama Yeshe (2) Tibetan Buddhist lama

Langston Hughes (2) Poet

Lao Tzu (50) Philosopher

Larry Elder (1) Radio host and author

Laura Teresa Marquez (1) Author

Lauren Bacall (1) Actress

Lauren Raffo (1) Author

Laurence J. Peter (2) Educator and writer

Lazarus Long (1) Fictional character

Lee Kuan Yew (3) Statesman

Lee Mildon (1) Author

Lee Womack (1) Country music singer

Lena Horne (1) Singer and actress

Leo Aikman (1) Columnist and humorist

Leo Buscaglia (2) Author and motivational speaker

Leo Tolstoy (4) Writer

Leon Blum (1) French statesman

Leonard Cohen (1) Singer-songwriter and poet

Leonardo da Vinci (14) Artist and inventor

Leonardo DiCaprio (4) Actor and environmentalist

Leonardo Ruiz (1) Author

Les Brown (1) Motivational speaker and author

Leslie Marmon Silko (1) Laguna Pueblo writer

Lewis B. Smedes (1) Theologian and author

Lewis Carroll (2) Writer

Lewis Cass (1) Statesman and soldier

Li Bai (3) Poet

Liberace (1) Pianist and entertainer

Lily Tomlin (1) Actress and comedian

Lin Yutang (3) Writer

Linda Hogan (1) Poet and novelist

Lionel Messi (4) Footballer

Lisa Alther (1) Novelist

Liu Cixin (1) Writer

Liu Xiaobo (1) Writer and activist

Lloyd Jones (1) Novelist

Lord Byron (2) Poet

Lord Herbert (1) Philosopher and poet

Lou Holtz (3) Football coach

Louis Pasteur (2) Scientist

Louisa Alcott (1) Novelist

Louise Erdrich (1) Turtle Mountain Chippewa novelist

Louise Hay (1) Author and publisher

Lu Xun (2) Writer

Lucille Ball (2) Actress and comedian

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1) Philosopher

Luisa Sigea (1) Humanist scholar and poet

Lululemon (1) Athletic apparel company

Lung Ying-tai (1) Writer

Luther Standing Bear (2) Oglala Lakota chief and writer

M

M. S. Dhoni (4) Cricketer

M. Scott Peck (1) Psychiatrist and author

M. Visvesvaraya (2) Civil engineer and statesman

Mabel Newcomer (1) Economist

Mahadevi Varma (3) Hindi poet

Mahatma Gandhi (17) Leader of Indian independence movement

Mahmoud Darwish (2) Poet

Mal Pancoast (1) Author

Malala Yousafzai (3) Education activist

Man Ray (1) Artist and photographer

Mansur al-Hallaj (1) Sufi mystic

Manuel L. Quezon (1) President

Manuel Puig (1) Novelist

Maori proverb (1) Proverb

Marcel Proust (1) Novelist

Marcus Aurelius (36) Emperor

Marcus Garvey (2) Jamaican Pan-African leader

Margaret Atwood (1) Novelist and poet

Margaret Cousins (1) Suffragist and educationist

Margaret Fuller (1) Journalist and women's rights advocate

Margaret Laurence (1) Novelist

Margaret Mead (1) Cultural anthropologist

Margaret Runbeck (1) Author

Margaret Sangster (1) Poet, author and editor

Margaret Smith (1) Author

Margaret Wander Bonanno (1) Science fiction author

Margaret Wheatley (1) Author and management consultant

Marian Edelman (2) Children's rights activist

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