About Our Mission
Buttered Toast Wiki is a curated collection of life's most insightful wisdom, principles, and rules that have guided human understanding across cultures and centuries. It all started with Murphy's Law, which states that “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” From there, we expanded to include a wide range of observations, scientific principles, and philosophical insights that help us make sense of the world. There are multiple websites that list these insights, but Buttered Toast Wiki aims to present them in a simple, accessible format that anyone can enjoy and learn from.
From Murphy's observations to philosophical principles, these universal truths help us navigate life's complexities. Each piece of wisdom represents centuries of human observation, experience, and understanding distilled into memorable insights.
The name comes from the famous “Buttered Toast Phenomenon” - the observation that toast always seems to land buttered-side down. It's a perfect example of how simple, everyday experiences can reveal deeper truths about probability, perception, and human nature.
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson