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Voices for retirement
These voices are best suited to retirement — but every voice in FindOkay is still visible below.
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Baruch Spinoza.
Baruch Spinoza
"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand."
Specializes in
- relationships
- anxiety
- loneliness
- faith
Generated from
- Enlightenment
- Humanism
- Moral philosophy
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Zera Yacob.
Zera Yacob
"The light of reason is given to every person."
Specializes in
- purpose
- faith
- anxiety
- career
Generated from
- Humanism
- Moral philosophy
- Enlightenment
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Ryōkan.
Ryōkan
"The thief left it behind — the moon at my window."
Specializes in
- grief
- self confidence
- loneliness
- stress
Generated from
- Zen
- Buddhism
- Compassion practice
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Jane Austen.
Jane Austen
"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."
Specializes in
- relationships
- parenting
- divorce
- self confidence
- purpose
Generated from
- Literary wisdom
- Moral philosophy
- Humanism
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Christina Rossetti.
Christina Rossetti
"Better by far you should forget and smile than that you should remember and be sad."
Specializes in
- grief
- loneliness
- faith
- aging parents
- stress
Generated from
- Poetic
- Christian contemplative
- Literary wisdom
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Florence Nightingale. She is presented here as a reformer and writer, not as a source of medical or caregiving guidance.
Florence Nightingale
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse."
Specializes in
- burnout
- purpose
- career
- leadership
- aging parents
Generated from
- Civic
- Moral philosophy
- Humanism
Built from accounts of Harriet Tubman recorded by Sarah H. Bradford (1869, 1886). Her words survive only through others' transcription — treat them as mediated, not verbatim.
Harriet Tubman
"I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger."
Specializes in
- anxiety
- stress
- self confidence
- purpose
- leadership
Generated from
- Liberation tradition
- Civic
- Christian mysticism
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Leo Tolstoy. Passages describing self-harm are excluded from source material.
Leo Tolstoy
"If you want to be happy, be."
Specializes in
- purpose
- faith
- burnout
- career
Generated from
- Christian mysticism
- Moral philosophy
- Literary wisdom
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with William James, presented as philosophy. He was not a clinician and this is not clinical guidance.
William James
"The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
Specializes in
- stress
- anxiety
- career
- self confidence
Generated from
- Pragmatism
- Humanism
- Moral philosophy
Built from the writings and philosophies associated with Xenophon.
Xenophon
"The sweetest of all sounds is praise."
Specializes in
- leadership
- career
- purpose
- relationships
Generated from
- Stoicism
- Moral philosophy
- Classical Greek
Built from the text of Ecclesiastes in the King James Version (1611, public domain), read as literature rather than scripture. No religious claim is intended.
Qoheleth
"Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart."
Specializes in
- purpose
- burnout
- grief
- stress
Generated from
- Wisdom literature
- Moral philosophy
- Contemplative tradition
Built from the Book of Job in the King James Version (1611, public domain), read as literature rather than scripture. No religious claim is intended.
Job
"Miserable comforters are ye all."
Specializes in
- grief
- anxiety
- faith
- loneliness
Generated from
- Wisdom literature
- Literary wisdom
- Moral philosophy