Devashish

Digital Content Producer, ET Online

Stories by the author

• Quote of the day from Sigmund Freud: 'Many adults are still trying to earn love from parents who only rewarded performance...' How childhood experiences can make people chase constant validation from others

  
  10 Jun 2026 03:20 AM IST
• Quote of the Day by Friedrich Nietzsche: 'If married couples did not live together, happy marriages would be more frequent...' Famous philosopher explains why living apart could make relationships seem happier

  
  09 Jun 2026 11:38 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Socrates: 'When entering marriage, look not at the face, which changes with seasons, nor the wealth, which can vanish. Look instead at...' How to choose a partner for marriage explained by the father of western philosophy

  
  07 Jun 2026 03:52 AM IST
• Indian Proverb of the Day by Swami Vivekananda: 'Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; think of it, dream of it, live on that idea...' Timeless advice on how to turn all dreams dreams into reality by the Indian philosopher

  
  06 Jun 2026 10:37 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Kevin Bacon: 'Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous...' Why taking responsibility matters more than success explained by the Hollywood star

  
  06 Jun 2026 09:33 PM IST
• How to deal with loneliness using Stoicism? 4 ancient Stoic philosophers offer powerful life lessons. 'We suffer more in imagination than in reality'

  
  06 Jun 2026 06:02 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: 'When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her...' The Irish writer's timeless lesson on how love and relationships change with time

  
  04 Jun 2026 01:27 AM IST
• Life lesson of the day by Keanu Reeves: 'Grief changes shape, but it never ends. People have this misconception that you can deal with it...' Hollywood star who lost his daughter teaches how to deal with sadness

  
  03 Jun 2026 11:18 PM IST
• Indian proverb of the day by Chanakya: 'Before you start some work, always ask three questions: Why am I doing it? What the results might be? Will I...?'- How to make smarter decisions in life, explained by the legendary political strategist

  
  03 Jun 2026 09:54 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most...' Father of evolution explains why adaptability matters more than strength or intelligence

  
  03 Jun 2026 03:12 AM IST
• Korean proverb of the day: 'The child you raise with care is only yours as long as they are in your arms, once a child is fully grown, they become worse...' - Parenting lesson on the importance of letting children have their freedom

  
  02 Jun 2026 11:48 PM IST
• Quote of the day by David Hume: 'A little philosophy makes a man an Atheist: a great deal converts him to...' - How knowledge changes the way people understand reality explained by the Scottish philosopher

  
  02 Jun 2026 10:56 PM IST
• Indian proverb of the day by Kabir: 'Keep your critics close; they help cleanse your character without soap or water...' The mystic poet gives a centuries-old lesson about personal growth

  
  02 Jun 2026 10:03 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Friedrich Nietzsche: 'A good marriage is built on the ability to be friends, hence the best friend will probably have the best wife...' - what makes a happy marriage truly last, explained through Nietzsche’s philosophy of friendship

  
  02 Jun 2026 03:22 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Stephen Hawking: “If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future?” - How a simple question by the genius scientist challenges the possibility of time travel in real life

  
  01 Jun 2026 04:27 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Ogden Nash 'Marriage is the only known example of the happy meeting of the immovable object and the irresistible force' - A timeless lesson on how opposites coexist in married life by the American poet

  
  31 May 2026 09:29 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Charles Bukowski: 'Beauty is nothing, it won't stay. You don't know how lucky you are to be ugly; because if people like you, you know...' - A life lesson on importance of personality growth beyond just physical looks by the German-American novelist

  
  30 May 2026 03:57 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Alan Watts: 'A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts. So, he loses touch with reality...' - How constant overthinking can quietly disconnect people from real life explained by the British-American writer

  
  29 May 2026 04:13 AM IST
• Philosophy lesson for the day: 'Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red...' - Why trauma and suffering are often romanticised by people

  
  28 May 2026 10:20 PM IST
• Indian proverb of the day: 'Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes...' - A timeless lesson on why failure will always be part of true freedom

  
  28 May 2026 07:31 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Friedrich Nietzsche: 'In loneliness the lonely one eats himself; in a crowd, the many eat him. Now choose...' - Why people feeling alone still choose be in isolation explained by the German philosopher

  
  28 May 2026 03:11 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Sigmund Freud: 'Love is a chemical trick to keep the species breeding. Once the dopamine fades, you are just two strangers sharing...' - Psychoanalysis founder explains why passion in love fades as time passes

  
  27 May 2026 09:12 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Mae West: 'Getting married is like trading the adoration of many for the sarcasm of one...' - A witty observation about the shift from romance to reality in married life, by one of America's boldest stars

  
  27 May 2026 04:04 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Carl Jung: 'Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul...' - Analytical psychology's founder explains the importance of empathy in human relationships

  
  26 May 2026 09:50 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Marcus Aurelius: 'Remember you were born to work with others, not to resent them for their flaws or ignorance...' - Stoic philosopher gives life lesson on the importance of emotional control

  
  26 May 2026 01:30 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Clint Eastwood: 'There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again...' - A life lesson on why there is no perfect formula for marriage explained by the Hollywood legend

  
  25 May 2026 04:21 AM IST
• Movie dialogue of the day by Denzel Washington 'The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room...' - The American Gangster dialogue explains how silence often signals real strength

  
  24 May 2026 08:58 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Arthur Schopenhauer: 'A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom...' - Why the German philosopher believed true freedom sometimes begins with loneliness

  
  24 May 2026 04:49 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Fyodor Dostoevsky: 'A man with no money and a woman with no beauty see the world without illusions...' - The unsaid reality of human society exposed by the Russian novelist-philosopher

  
  23 May 2026 08:30 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Epicurus: 'It's not what we have, but what we enjoy, that constitutes our abundance...' - Life lesson on why true wealth is measured in peace, not possessions, by the Greek philosopher

  
  21 May 2026 03:15 AM IST
• Timeless poetry of the day by Charles Bukowski: 'Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead...'

  
  20 May 2026 08:19 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Immanuel Kant: 'When I needed a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed...' - A life advice by German philosopher that sometimes we get things when we have learnt to live without them

  
  20 May 2026 03:34 AM IST
• Music lyric of the day by Paul McCartney: 'Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday...'

  
  19 May 2026 08:52 PM IST
• Timeless poetry of the day by Dante Alighieri: 'There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery...'

  
  19 May 2026 07:37 PM IST
• Movie dialogue of the day by Heath Ledger 'I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you stranger...' - The Dark Knight's dialogue explains how surviving pain sometimes reshapes the human mind

  
  19 May 2026 05:53 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Seneca: 'You cannot ask fate for the life you want while neglecting the man who must deserve it...' - A lesson on why success in life must be earned with discipline by the Stoic philosopher

  
  19 May 2026 02:25 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Eric Hoffer: 'People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them...' - Why humans sometimes reject help but accept control easily explained by the American philosopher

  
  18 May 2026 02:32 AM IST
• Relationship lesson of the day: 'The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to carry them, and sometimes three...'

  
  17 May 2026 11:55 PM IST
• Timeless poetry of the day on lost love: 'Out beyond all the ideas of wrong and right, there is a field. I’ll meet you there...'

  
  17 May 2026 10:59 PM IST
• Today's life lesson from Brad Pitt's movie: 'Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy things we don’t need...' - Fight Club's famous dialogue warns about the danger of chasing social expectations

  
  17 May 2026 09:23 PM IST
• Movie dialogue of the day by Leonardo DiCaprio: 'The only thing standing between you and your goal is the story you keep telling yourself...' - The Wolf of Wall Street's dialogue challenges people to stop limiting themselves with self-doubt

  
  17 May 2026 08:02 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Robert Frost: 'Half the world has people who have something to say and can't, and half who have nothing to say and keep on saying...' The uneasy reality of communication gap in modern times decoded by the famous American poet

  
  17 May 2026 03:23 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Leo Tolstoy: 'Don’t marry until you’ve stopped loving the woman you’ve chosen, until you see her clearly, otherwise...' - The dark reality of love and marriage explored by the legendary Russian novelist

  
  16 May 2026 09:43 PM IST
• Quote of the day by Carl Jung: 'The world will ask you who you are and if you don't know the world will tell...' - Why understanding yourself matters the most before society defines you explained by the founder of analytical psychology

  
  12 May 2026 11:39 PM IST
• Quote of the day by modern philosophy's father René Descartes: 'It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it...' - A life lesson on why intelligence means nothing without proper usage by the French philosopher

  
  12 May 2026 03:25 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Inventor of Computer Charles Babbage: 'Keeping the mind occupied is such a source of pleasure that it can relieve even the pain of...' - The hidden power of the human brain to control attention explained by the British mathematician

  
  11 May 2026 03:26 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Stoicism founder Zeno of Citium: 'Nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-deception...' - A timeless Stoic lesson on how believing your own lies prevents the growth of true intelligence

  
  10 May 2026 04:16 AM IST
• Quote of the day by Ogden Nash: 'For a happy marriage, whenever you're wrong, admit it; and whenever you're right, just shut up' - Timeless advice on how to live a love-filled married life by the iconic American poet

  
  09 May 2026 08:03 PM IST