When in doubt, tell the truth.
Courage
Quotes worth keeping, every one traced to its source.
QuoteXpedia is an iPhone app: one carefully chosen quote each morning, a calm reader with soundscapes, and a studio that turns any line into art. No ads, no streaks, no noise.
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How the quotes are checkedEvery line is traced to its source.
632 short quotes made it into the app, out of 1,876 candidates. The other 1,244 were set aside in review. Every quote that stayed names the work it comes from: 232 works, all in the public domain.
You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.1
The shelf behind it
The sixteen works the library draws on most, with how many of their lines are in the app. Open one to read a line from it.
Moral Letters to LuciliusRichard M. Gummere translation, 1917Seneca29 quotes
It is indeed foolish to be unhappy now because you may be unhappy at some future time.
Essays: First Series1841Ralph Waldo Emerson24 quotes
People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
The Prophet1923Kahlil Gibran24 quotes
Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.
MeditationsGeorge Long translation, 1862Marcus Aurelius20 quotes
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such.
Walden1854Henry David Thoreau18 quotes
We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.
Sand and Foam1926Kahlil Gibran17 quotes
Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.
Stray Birds1916Rabindranath Tagore16 quotes
Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.
Tao Te ChingJames Legge translation, 1891Laozi13 quotes
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new.
The Conduct of Life1860Ralph Waldo Emerson12 quotes
You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
EssaysCharles Cotton translation, 1877Michel de Montaigne10 quotes
The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time.
Society and Solitude1870Ralph Waldo Emerson10 quotes
The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer.
Sadhana: The Realisation of Life1913Rabindranath Tagore9 quotes
That only which is done for love is done freely, however much pain it may cause.
EnchiridionGeorge Long translation, 1890Epictetus8 quotes
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition.
The DhammapadaF. Max Müller translation, 1881The Buddha8 quotes
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.
The Holy Bible, King James Version1611The Bible8 quotes
I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell1790William Blake8 quotes
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Spotted a wrong attribution? Report it from the quote in the app, and an editor reviews it. How we source quotes · Browse every quote
One quote each morning, and room to stay with it.
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Chosen for you
Pick up to five of fifteen themes, or leave it to the editors. Set a reminder for the hour and the days you want, and Today opens on one line chosen for you.
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Read it in calm
Open any quote full screen over its own living art, with a quiet instrumental loop behind it. The art is drawn from the quote itself, so the same line draws the same picture every time, in the app and on this page.
Listen to a soundscape
These three come free. Premium adds one for every theme.
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Keep it close
Put today's quote on your Home Screen in a small or medium widget. Heart the lines worth keeping and sort them into collections; sign in with Apple or Google only if you want them backed up.
Turn any line into art.
Try a corner of the app's studio here: the art, the type, the paper and the size. In the app there are also gradients, textures, 140+ poster backgrounds, painted wallpapers and your own photos.
The whole studio is in the app.Painted wallpapers, posters, gradients and textures, your own photos, and exports sized for Instagram, Stories and your Lock Screen.
Fifteen themes, each drawn in its own hand.
Contour lines for Stoicism, a star chart for Wisdom, tide lines for Calm. A quote takes on the form of the theme you read it in, so the same line looks different under Hope than under Courage.
Stoicism
Steady thinking for unsteady days
Loss is nothing else than change.
Courage
Acting despite the fear
Knowledge is the antidote to fear.
Growth
Becoming, slowly
Thou shalt become what thou art.
Love
Closeness, longing, and kindness
We live in this world when we love it.
Hope
Light on the far side
He who despairs is in the wrong.
Spiritual
Quiet light from many traditions
God is the breath of all breath.
Focus
Attention kept on one thing
We must cultivate our garden.
Calm
A moment to breathe
Simplify, simplify.
Resilience
Strength through difficult days
Sweet are the uses of adversity.
Purpose
A path worth following
Work is love made visible.
Creativity
Ideas worth exploring
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Wisdom
Words to think with
Well done is better than well said.
Change
Making room for what comes next
The river flows because its banks do not.
Joy
Small reasons to smile
What a joy to be alive!
Connection
Finding one another
Men exist for the sake of one another.
Ninety-four voices.
Seneca's letters, Tagore's stray birds, Emerson's essays and the Psalms. Names are sized by how many of their lines are in the app. Choose one to read a line.
Let the right words find you.
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