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Browse verified writers and speakers, plus foundational texts such as the Bhagavad Gita. Each record explains the editions and sources used.

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Marcus Aurelius

121–180 CE

Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher.

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William Shakespeare

1564–1616

English playwright, poet and actor.

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Confucius

c. 551–479 BCE

Chinese philosopher and teacher.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803–1882

American essayist, lecturer and poet.

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Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865

Sixteenth president of the United States.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

106–43 BCE

Roman statesman, orator and philosopher.

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Charles Dickens

1812–1870

English novelist, journalist and social critic.

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Rabindranath Tagore

1861–1941

Indian poet, composer, essayist and Nobel laureate.

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Swami Vivekananda

1863–1902

Indian monk, philosopher and teacher of Vedanta.

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Kabir

c. 15th century

Indian mystic poet whose songs join spiritual insight with ordinary life.

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Sarojini Naidu

1879–1949

Indian poet, independence leader and advocate for women’s rights.

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Dhan Gopal Mukerji

1890–1936

Indian author and poet who wrote across Bengali and English literary traditions.

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Bhagavad Gita

Ancient Sanskrit text

A philosophical dialogue within the Mahabharata, presented here through a named public-domain translation.

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Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan

1556–1627

Mughal poet, statesman and patron remembered for concise Hindi dohas on conduct and relationships.

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Louisa May Alcott

1832–1888

American novelist, poet and advocate for women’s independence.

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Charlotte Brontë

1816–1855

English novelist and poet whose fiction explores conscience, autonomy and social constraint.