Addison Joseph 1672-1719 English poet, dramatist and essayist, co-founder of The Spectator 148

Aesop c550BC 19, 99

Allen Woody b1935 American film director, writer and actor 26

Arnold Matthew 1822-1888 English poet and essayist 37

Auden WH English poet 1907-1973 40

Augustine St of Hippo 354-430 early Christian theologian 24, 105

Bacon Francis 1561-1626 English lawyer, courtier, philosopher and essayist 15, 23, 42, 56, 76, 94, 115

Barrie Sir James Matthew 1860-1937 Scottish writer and dramatist 43

Beaumarchais Pierre-Augustin Caron de 1732-1799 French dramatist 35

Behn Aphra 1640-1689 English dramatist, poet and novelist 38

Betjeman John 1906-1984 English poet 171, 174

Boom C Ten 67

Bradley Omar 1893-1981 American General 170

Buddhism 66

Bulwer-Lytton Edward George 1803-1873 British novelist, dramatist and statesman 79

Burke Edmund 1729-1797 Irish born Whig politician and man of letters 13

Burton Robert 1577-1640 English clergyman and scholar 46

Butterworth Eric 92

Cabell James Branch 1879-1958 American novelist and essayist 32

Cain (in Genesis) 193

Cantona Eric b1966 French footballer 209

Carnegie Dale 1888-1955 American writer and lecturer 118

Cervantes 1547-1616 Spanish novelist 31, 201

Chesterfield Lord 1694-1773 English writer and politician 96, 214

Chesterton GK 1874-1936 English novelist and poet 145, 153, 160, 173, 180

Confucius 551-479 BC Chinese philosopher 144

Connolly Billy b1942 Scottish comedian 49

Cromwell Oliver 1599-1658 English soldier and statesman, Lord Protector from 1653 93

Darrow Clarence 1857-1938 American lawyer 198

Dawkins Richard b1941 British biologist 178

Dostoevsky Fedor 1821-1881 Russian novelist 149

Douglas James c1516-1581 Scottish courtier 82

Dyer Wayne W 54

Dylan Bob b1941 American singer and songwriter 200

Einstein Albert 1879-1955 German physicist 8, 182, 213

Eliot TS (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965 Anglo-American poet, critic and dramatist 70

Emerson Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 American poet and philosopher 63, 80, 95, 204

Engstrom Ted 78

Epictetus 50-120 Phrygian Stoic philosopher 53, 179

Erskine John 133

Erasmus Desiderious c1469-1536 Dutch Christian humanist 83

FBI (US Federal Bureau of Investigation) 57

Fielding Henry 1707-1754 English novelist and dramatist 155

Fox Emmett 88

Francis of Assisi St 1181-1226 Italian monk, founder of Franciscan Order 104

Franklin Benjamin 1706-1790 American politician and scientist 69, 161, 215

Gandhi Mahatma 1869-1948 Indian statesman 121, 185, 221

Gibran Kahlil 1883-1931 Syrian writer and painter 14, 108

Glasgow Arnold H 134

Goodwin Jim 89

graffiti 10, 71, 176, 207

Graham Billy US evangelist 129

Hale Edward Everett 1822-1909 American Unitarian clergyman 52

Hammarskjold Dag 1905-1961 Swedish diplomat and politician, Secretary General of the United Nations 1953-1961 189

Hayward Susan 102

Hazlitt William 1778-1830 English essayist 131

headlines 145, 146, 191

Herodotus c485-425BC Greek historian 157

Heywood Sir John c1497-1580 English playwright 100

Hoffer Eric 183

Hoggart Simon broadcaster and journalist 123

Hugo Victor 1802-1885 French poet, novelist and dramatist 223

Hopkins Gerard Manley 1844-1889 British poet 195

Ibsen Henrik 1828-1906 Norwegian dramatist 127

Jefferson Thomas 1801-1809 third President of the US 1801-1809 219

Jelinek J 101

Jesus 6, 39, 58, 126, 158, 175, 186

John St 20

Johnson Dr Samuel 1709-84 British lexicographer, writer, critic and conversationalist 3, 156

Joubert Joseph 84

Jowett John H 128

Joyce James 1882-1941 Irish novelist 224

Keller Helen 1880-1968 American writer and social reformer, blind and deaf from the age of 19 months 112

Kempis Thomas a c1380-1471 German writer 125

Kennedy John F 1917-1963 35th President of the US 1961-1963 5, 47, 111, 203

Kennedy Joseph 1888-1969 American financier and diplomat, father of John F Kennedy 199

Keyes Ken 60

Kriegel R 197

Lee W Grant 130

Luke St 22

Malraux Andre 1901-1976 French novelist, essayist and art critic 136

McCaulay Thomas 1800-1859 English politician and historian 75, 205

Moore Henry 1898-1986 English sculptor and draughtsman 150

Napoleon I 1769-1821 Emperor of France 1804-1815 152

Newman John Henry 1801-1890 English theologian, later Cardinal 81

Paton Alan 1903-1988 South African writer 122

Paul St 18, 28, 73, 86, 139, 151, 192, 212

Potter Dennis 1935-1994 English television dramatist 210

Proust Marcel 1871-1922 French novelist 184

proverbs 1, 17, 30, 64, 110, 124, 132, 138, 147, 217

Proverbs 25, 61, 106, 166

Publilius Syrus 1st century BC writer of Latin mimes 68

Richter Jean Paul 1763-1825 German novelist 143

Saadi 142

Sacks Dr Jonathan UK Chief Rabbi 220

Schopenhauer A 119

Shakespeare William 1564-1616 English dramatist 77, 97

Shaw George Bernard 1856-1950 Irish dramatist 16, 33, 41, 50, 91, 211

Skinner BF 1904-1990 American psychologist 206

Socrates 469-399BC Greek philosopher 168

Spong John Shelby American Episcopalian Bishop 177

Steele Richard 1672-1729 Irish born essayist and dramatist 45

Sterne Laurence 1713-1768 English novelist 120

Storey Wilbur 103

Swift Jonathan 1667-1745 Anglo-Irish poet and satirist 117

Templeton John M 59, 72, 85, 98, 114, 135, 216

Thoreau Henry David 1817-1862 American writer 163, 188, 194

Turner Steve b1949 British poet 196

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) 159

USA 36

Voltaire Francois-Marie Arouet 1694-1778 French writer and philosopher 109, 113, 222

Waitley Dennis 51

Walton Izaak 1593-1683 English writer 29

Waugh Evelyn 1903-1966 English novelist 48

Whately Richard 1787-1863 Archbishop of Dublin 55, 202

Wilde Oscar 1854-1900 Anglo-Irish dramatist and poet 9, 74, 141, 208

Wordsworth William 1770-1850 English poet 137

Wright Orville 1871-1948 American aviation pioneer 181

Much of the above information is taken from The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (Oxford University Press 1999) which contains thousands of quotations which could be used as Thoughts for the Day.