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Fifteen years of collecting wisdom, organized so you can wander. Quotes to keep, speeches worth an afternoon, and exercises that might change your week.

1,536 quotes 6 great speeches 28 favorite movies 1 podcast story 1 values exercise

Fifteen years of collecting

The Quote Library

Every quote from my books, free to browse — organized by each book’s own themes. Pull one off the shelf.

Dalai Lama Book of Quotes cover

The Dalai Lama

564 quotes

Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes cover

Abraham Lincoln

242 quotes

Benjamin Franklin Book of Quotes cover

Benjamin Franklin

193 quotes

Gandhi Book of Quotes cover

Mahatma Gandhi

306 quotes

Mark Twain Book of Quotes cover

Mark Twain

231 quotes

Quotes I Love

My personal, slowly growing collection — Fred Rogers, C.S. Lewis, Maya Angelou, and other lines that make life feel bigger. Not from my books; just kept close.

Read my favorites →
Words that moved the world

Great Speeches

Full texts where history allows, excerpts and official links where it doesn’t — each with the story of the moment it was spoken.

1863 The Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln · 272 words that redefined a nation · full text Read → 1865 Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Abraham Lincoln · “With malice toward none” · full text Read → 1910 The Man in the Arena Theodore Roosevelt · the case for daring greatly Read → 1968 The Drum Major Instinct Martin Luther King, Jr. · “everybody can be great” · excerpt & official audio Read → 1990 Some Thoughts on the Real World by One Who Glimpsed It and Fled Bill Watterson · the Calvin and Hobbes creator on inventing your own meaning Read → 2005 Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish Steve Jobs · three stories at Stanford · full video Watch →
Tools for living deliberately

Free exercises

Uncovering Your Values

A guided exercise from my Crafting Your Purpose course. Walk away knowing your top five values, in order, and be able to share them on the spot.

Ten quiet minutesInteractiveFree — no email required
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Stories & interviews

My Peace Corps Story

Mongolia, 2008–2011

A podcast interview about three years in the Peace Corps — meeting my wife Tunga, helping establish the first B-Corp in Mongolia, and what service taught me.

▶︎ VideoAudioThe full story in writing
Watch & listen →
Movie night

My favorite movies

My Favorite Movies of All Time

Twenty-five movies and three shows I’ll rewatch forever — The Goonies, Back to the Future, and the rest of the wall. Heavy on the ’80s. There may be a button.

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From before the Saturday essays

Past writing

6 Ways to Get Rid of Mice Without Killing Them Read → Peace Corps Read → How Tunga Changed My Life Read →

More joins the shelves regularly — the Saturday essay is where I announce what’s new.