Words of Wisdom


Eunoia. Origin: Ancient Greek. Translation: "well mind" or "beautiful thinking". The shortest word in the English language which uses all five vowels.

To me, nothing better illustrates eunoia than the words we create to capture the thoughts and feelings we must express. The words we create and tie together into kaleidoscopes of sentences.

I have been collecting quotes for over 10 years now. Many are well-known. Others are so obscure that if I wasn't around to hear them... they might as well as never have been said for all history would know. To mark reaching the nice round number of 400-ish, I have posted them all for your enjoyment in order alphabetical.

I give you...

A Saboteur Academia Production!

Alternative Wisdom for Hipsters, Hobos, and Haters 

The Most A-mazazingly Phat & Nifty Collection of Quotes 

Amassed in the History of Everything






By Zek J. Evets
With credit to Jasper O., Gian A., Tuba M., 
David T., The Miss So&So’s, Uncle Mal, Wikipedia, ThinkExist, Google, Procrastination, and most especially —
My Wife Jasmin and My Daughters Gabrielle and Talia


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KTrIv0baPbhzwOMkC7mK6ld3dBwsmLfLY6YwZxbTL-8/edit?usp=sharing.

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