Choose Your Mentors
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Mark Twain
1835-1910
Known for
America's greatest humorist and satirist, author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
The truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities
From: Chapters from My Autobiography
119 mentor adoptions
Leo Tolstoy
1828-1910
Known for
Novelist of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, moral philosopher
Seek truth, embrace simplicity, and find meaning through love and service to others.
From: The Wisdom of Leo Tolstoy
109 mentor adoptions
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821-1881
Known for
Novelist exploring the depths of the human psyche — Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Delve into the human soul's depths; find redemption amidst suffering and moral turmoil.
From: The Wisdom of Fyodor Dostoevsky
88 mentor adoptions
Edgar Allan Poe
1809-1849
Known for
Master of Gothic horror, detective fiction, and macabre poetry
Unravel the mysteries of your soul with the master of the macabre mind.
From: The Wisdom of Edgar Allan Poe
82 mentor adoptions
William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Known for
Playwright, poet, the greatest writer in the English language
Unlock the wisdom of the ages from the playwright who knew the human heart.
From: The Wisdom of William Shakespeare
78 mentor adoptions
Walt Whitman
1819-1892
Known for
Poet of American democracy and the self — Leaves of Grass
The Poet of Democracy: Discover your own boundless potential and celebrate the human spirit.
From: The Wisdom of Walt Whitman
33 mentor adoptions