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Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (12 June 1659 – 1719) was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. He was famous for his sayings in Hagakure [In the Shadow of Leaves], a controversial exposition of his views on Bushido (the "Way of the Warrior"). He is also known as Yamamoto Jocho, the name he took after becoming a monk.

(c. 1716)

 * Hagakure 葉隠; In the Shadow of Leaves (also translated as Hidden by the Leaves, Hidden behind the Leaves, and Hidden Leaves; also known as Hagakure Kikigaki 葉隠聞書) sayings transcribed (c.1716) by the samurai scribe Tsuramoto Tashiro; various translations, but primarily drawing on that of William Scott Wilson (1979). ISBN 4770011067

Prologue
 * The eleven volumes of this book are to be burned after they are read. There are some people in this book who are still alive and this book may anger them, so make sure the book is burned. Tsunetomo said this repeatedly.

Chapter 1
 * Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, "What is the true meaning of the Way of the Samurai?" the person who would be able to answer promptly is rare. This is because it has not been established in one's mind beforehand. From this, one's unmindfulness of the Way can be known. Negligence is an extreme thing.
 * As translated by William Scott Wilson

 * The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. To say that dying without reaching one's aim is to die a dog's death is the frivolous way of sophisticates. When pressed with the choice of life or death, it is not necessary to gain one's aim. We all want to live. And in large part we make our logic according to what we like. But not having attained our aim and continuing to live is cowardice. This is a thin dangerous line. To die without gaining one's aim is a dog's death and fanaticism. But there is no shame in this. This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.
 * As translated by William Scott Wilson. This first sentence of this passage was used as a military slogan during the early 20th century to encourage soldiers to throw themselves into battle. Variant translations:
 * Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning. Move on with determination. To say dying without attaining ones aim is a foolish sacrifice of life is the flippant attitude of the sophisticates in the Kamigata area. In such a case it is difficult to make the right judgement. No one longs for death. We can speculate on whatever we like. But if we live without having attaining that aim, we are cowards. This is an important point and the correct path of the Samurai. When we calmly think of death morning and evening and are in despair, We are able to gain freedom in the way of the Samurai. Only then can we fulfil our duty without making mistakes in life.
 * By the Way of the warrior is meant death. The Way of the warrior is death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. It means nothing more than this. It means to see things through, being resolved.
 * I have found that the Way of the samurai is death. This means that when you are compelled to choose between life and death, you must quickly choose death.
 * The way of the Samurai is in death.
 * I have found the essence of Bushido: to die!

 * According to their nature, there are both people who have quick intelligence, and those who must withdraw and take time to think things over.

 * It is difficult for a fool's habits to change to selflessness. ... Because we do most things relying only on our own sagacity we become self-interested, turn our backs on reason, and things do not turn out well. As seen by other people this is sordid, weak, narrow and inefficient. When one is not capable of true intelligence, it is good to consult with someone of good sense. An advisor will fulfill the Way when he makes a decision by selfless and frank intelligence because he is not personally involved. This way of doing things will certainly be seen by others as being strongly rooted. It is, for example, like a large tree with many roots. One man's intelligence is like a tree that has been simply stuck in the ground. We learn about the sayings and deeds of the men of old in order to entrust ourselves to their wisdom and prevent selfishness. When we throw off our own bias, follow the sayings of the ancients, and confer with other people, matters should go well and without mishap.
 * Variant translation: When all your judgements are based on your own wisdom, you tend towards selfishness and fail by straying from the right path. Your own judgements are narrow minded and have no persuasive power or growth for others. It is best to consult a wise man when a fit decision does not occur to you. A wise man is a fair judge from an objective point of view. He is passing judgement for the benefit of others, not for his own sake. A judgement passed using only one's own wisdom is just like thrusting a stick into the ground and expecting it to grow!

 * To give a person one's opinion and correct his faults is an important thing. It is compassionate and comes first in matters of service. But the way of doing this is extremely difficult. To discover the good and bad points of a person is an easy thing, and to give an opinion concerning them is easy, too. For the most part, people think that they are being kind by saying the things that others find distasteful or difficult to say. But if it is not received well, they think that there is nothing more to be done. This is completely worthless. It is the same as bringing shame to a person by slandering him. It is nothing more than getting it off one's chest. To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not. One must become close with him and make sure that he continually trusts one's word. Approaching subjects that are dear to him, seek the best way to speak and to be well understood. Judge the occasion, and determine whether it is better by letter or at the time of leave-taking. Praise his good points and use every device to encourage him, perhaps by talking about one's own faults without touching on his, but so that they will occur to him. Have him receive this in the way that a man would drink water when his throat is dry, and it will be an opinion that will correct faults. This is extremely difficult. If a person's fault is a habit of some years prior, by and large it won't be remedied. I have had this experience myself. To be intimate with all one's comrades, correcting each other's faults, and being of one mind to be of use to the master is the great compassion of a retainer. By bringing shame to a person, how could one expect to make him a better man?
 * Variant translation: It is very important to give advice to a man to help him mend his ways. It is a compassionate and important duty. However, it is extremely difficult to comprehend how this advice should be given. It is easy to recognise the good and bad points in others. Generally it is considered a kindness in helping people with things they hate or find difficult to say. However, one impracticality is that if people do not take in this advice they will think that there is nothing they should change. The same applies when we try to create shame in others by speaking badly of them. It seems outwardly that we are just complaining about them. One must get to know the person in question. Keep after him and get him to put his trust in you. Find out what interests he has. When you write to him or before you part company, you should express concrete examples of your own faults and get him to recall to mind whether or not he has the same problems. Also positively praise his qualities. It is important that he takes in your comments like a man thirsting for water. It is difficult to give such advice. We cannot easily correct our defects and weak points as they are dyed deeply within us. I have had bitter experience of this.

 * All of man's work is a bloody business. That fact, today, is considered foolish, affairs are finished cleverly with words alone, and jobs that require effort are avoided. I would like young men to have some understanding of this.

 * To hate injustice and stand on righteousness is a difficult thing. Furthermore, to think that being righteous is the best one can do and to do one's utmost to be righteous will, on the contrary, bring many mistakes. The Way is in a higher place than righteousness. This is very difficult to discover, but it is the highest wisdom. When seen from this standpoint, things like righteousness are rather shallow. If one does not understand this on his own, it cannot be known. There is a method of getting to this Way, however, even if one cannot discover it by himself. This is found in consultation with others. Even a person who has not attained this Way sees others from the side. It is like the saying from the game of go: "He who sees from the side has eight eyes." The saying, "Thought by thought we see our own mistakes," also means that the highest Way is in discussion with others.

 * A certain swordsman in his declining years said the following: In one's life. there are levels in the pursuit of study. In the lowest level, a person studies but nothing comes of it, and he feels that both he and others are unskillful. At this point he is worthless. In the middle level he is still useless but is aware of his own insufficiencies and can also see the insufficiencies of others. In a higher level he has pride concerning his own ability, rejoices in praise from others, and laments the lack of ability in his fellows. This man has worth. In the highest level a man has the look of knowing nothing. These are the levels in general;. But there is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a certain Way and never thinks of himself as having finished. He truly knows his own insufficiencies and never in his whole life thinks that he has succeeded. He has no thoughts of pride but with self-abasement knows the Way to the end. It is said that Master Yagyu once remarked, "I do not know the way to defeat others, but the way to defeat myself." Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more skillful than yesterday, more skillful than today. This is never-ending.

 * Among the maxims on Lord Naoshige's wall there was this one: "Matters of great concern should be treated lightly." Master lttei commented, "Matters of small concern should be treated seriously." Among one's affairs there should not be more than two or three matters of what one could call great concern. If these are deliberated upon during ordinary times, they can be understood. Thinking about things previously and then handling them lightly when the time comes is what this is all about.

 * The way of revenge lies in simply forcing one's way into a place and being cut down. There is no shame in this. By thinking that you must complete the job you will run out of time. By considering things like how many men the enemy has, time piles up; in the end you will give up. No matter if the enemy has thousands of men, there is fulfillment in simply standing them off and being determined to cut them all down, starting from one end. You will finish the greater part of it.

 * Concerning the night assault of Lord Asano's ronin, the fact that they did not commit seppuku at the Sengakuji was an error, for there was a long delay between the time their lord was struck down and the time when they struck down the enemy. If Lord Kira had died of illness within that period, it would have been extremely regrettable.
 * Commentary on the tale of The Forty-Seven Samurai (or the "Forty-seven Ronin", or Akō Rōshi, the Akō "vendetta"), emphasizing his view that Bushido demands prompt action, and not delay, or concern about success and failure. Variant: "What if, nine months after Asano's death, Kira had died of an illness?"

 * Although all things are not to be judged in this manner, I mention it in the investigation of the Way of the Samurai. When the time comes, there is no moment for reasoning. And if you have not done your inquiring beforehand, there is most often shame. Reading books and listening to people's talk are for the purpose of prior resolution. Above all, the Way of the Samurai should be in being aware that you do not know what is going to happen next, and in querying every item day and night. Victory and defeat are matters of the temporary force of circumstances.

 * There are two things that will blemish a retainer, and these are riches and honor. If one but remains in strained circumstances, he will not be marred.

 * Once there was a certain man who was very clever, but it was his character to always see the negative points of his jobs. In such a way, one will be useless.

 * It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that. At first putting forth great effort to be sure that you have grasped the basics, then practicing so that they may come to fruition is something that will never stop for your whole lifetime. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, "This is not enough." One should search throughout his whole life how best to follow the Way. And he should study, setting his mind to work without putting things off. Within this is the Way.

 * In carefully scrutinizing the affairs of the past, we find that there are many different opinions about them, and that there are some things that are quite unclear. It is better to regard such things as unknowable.

 * It is natural that one cannot understand deep and hidden things. Those things that are easily understood are rather shallow.

 * In the eyes of mercy, no one should have hateful thoughts. Feel pity for the man who is even more at fault. The area and size of mercy is limitless.

 * Military affairs are not matters for one person alone, regardless of how useful he tries to be. Money is something that one can borrow from people, but a good man cannot suddenly be come by. One should sustain a man kindly and well from the first. And in having retainers it will not do to nourish oneself alone. If you divide what you have and feed your lower ranks, you will be able to hold good men.

 * A person who is discreet in speaking will be useful during the good times and will avoid punishment during the bad.

 * For a samurai, a simple word is important no matter where he may be. By just one single word martial valor can be made apparent. In peaceful times words show one's bravery. In troubled times, too, one knows that by a single word his strength or cowardice can be seen. This single word is the flower of one's heart. It is not something said simply with one's mouth. A warrior should not say something fainthearted even casually. He should set his mind to this beforehand. Even in trifling matters the depths of one's heart can be seen.

 * When discussing things with someone, it is best to speak appropriately about whatever the subject may be. No matter how good what you are saying might be, it will dampen the conversation if it is irrelevant.

 * When someone is giving you his opinion, you should receive it with deep gratitude even though it is worthless. If you don't, he will not tell you the things that he has seen and heard about you again. It is best to both give and receive opinions in a friendly way.

 * There is a saying that great genius matures late. If something is not brought to fruition over a period of twenty to thirty years, it will not be of great merit. When a retainer is of a mind to do his work hurriedly, he will intrude upon the work of others and will be said to be young but able. He will become over-enthusiastic and will be considered rather rude.

 * If you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.

 * If everyone were in accord and left things to Providence, their hearts would be at ease. If they are not in accord, though they would do acts of righteousness, they lack loyalty.

 * There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

 * If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.

Chapter 2
 * The supreme style of love is unknown love. If the affection is known by the beloved, that love is snob. If you sacrifice your life for the beloved, and she recognises your love after you die, your soul would be appraised.

 * A faultless person is one who withdraws from affairs. This must be done with strength.

 * There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.  Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.

 * To talk about other people's affairs is a great mistake. To praise them, too, is unfttting. In any event, it is best to know your own ability well, to put forth effort in your endeavors, and to be discreet in speech.

 * The heart of a virtuous person has settled down and he does not rush about at things. A person of little merit is not at peace but walks about making trouble and is in conflict with all.

 * It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

 * People with intelligence will use it to fashion things both true and false and will try to push through whatever they want with their clever reasoning. This is injury from intelligence. Nothing you do will have effect if you do not use truth. In affairs like law suits or even in arguments, by losing quickly one will lose in fine fashion. It is like sumo. If one thinks only of winning, a sordid victory will be worse than a defeat. For the most part, it becomes a squalid defeat.

 * Feeling deeply the difference between oneself and others, bearing ill will and falling out with people — these things come from a heart that lacks compassion. If one wraps up everything with a heart of compassion, there will be no coming into conflict with people.

 * A person who knows but a little will put on an air of knowledge. This is a matter of inexperience. When someone knows something well, it will not be seen in his manner.

Chapter 10

 * The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.

 * As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

Chapter 11

 * If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that "All abilities come from one mind" sounds as though it has to do with sentient matters, but it is in fact a matter of being unattached to life and death. With such non-attachment one can accomplish any feat.

 * Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day when one's body and mind are at peace, one should meditate upon being ripped apart by arrows, rifles, spears and swords, being carried away by surging waves, being thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead.

 * There is a saying of the elders' that goes, "Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting." This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.

 * People will become your enemies if you become eminent too quickly in life, and you will be ineffectual. Rising slowly in the world, people will be your allies and your happiness will be assured. In the long run, whether you are fast or slow, as long as you have people's understanding there will be no danger. It is said that fortune that is urged upon you from others is the most effective.

Late Night Idle Talk How can one human being be inferior to another? In all matters of discipline, one will be useless unless he has great pride. Unless one is determined to move the clan by himself, all his discipline will come to naught. Although, like a tea kettle, it is easy for one's enthusiasm to cool, there is a way to keep this from happening. My own vows are the following:
 * Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolution to help manage the affairs of the province, though I be reborn as a Nabeshima samurai seven times. One needs neither vitality nor talent. In a word, it is a matter of having the will to shoulder the clan by oneself.
 * Never be outdone in the Way of the Samurai.
 * To be of good use to the master.
 * To be filial toward my parents.
 * To manifest great compassion, and to act for the sake of Man.
 * If one dedicates these four vows to the gods and Buddhas every morning, he will have the strength of two men and will never slip backward. One must edge forward like the inchworm, bit by bit. The gods and Buddhas, too, first started with a vow.

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August 9

August 9 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * The battle of the sexes will never be won as long as we keep sleeping with the enemy. ~ Emo Phillips
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * Long live freedom and damn the ideologies. ~ Robinson Jeffers
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others. ~ Jonathan B. Postel, RFC 793, entire text of section 2.10
 * proposed by 121a0012 (initially at 6 August for Postel's birthdate in 1943)

 * 2006
 * Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society... But for me, education means making creators... You have to make inventors, innovators, not conformists. ~ Jean Piaget
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for — if you are honest — you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one. ~ P. L. Travers (born 9 August 1899)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The principal goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered. ~ Jean Piaget
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * For me there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer, because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question. ~ P. L. Travers
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * If you are not ready, and did not know what to do, it could hurt you in different ways. It could knock you down, hard, or throw you against a tree or a wall. It is such a big explosion, it can smash in buildings and knock signboards over, and break windows all over town, but if you duck and cover, like Bert, you will be much safer. ~ Duck and Cover (1951), about protecting yourself from an atomic explosion; the last-ever nuclear attack (so far) occurred on this date
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2011
 * When the rain came down — I was standing in the green My soul was touched by every tree that my eyes could see I am in peace, in love, in harmony — when the rain comes down When the rain came down — melded with my tears When the rain came down — flow away the fears When the rain came down — bigger than the sea When the rain came down — then came me.  ~ Happy Rhodes ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
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 * 2013
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 * 2014

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 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki for the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.

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 * 2020

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I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers. ~ Gerald Ford, became president on 9 August after Nixon's resignation.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 11:31, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 don't want to use this if we use Nixon on 8th AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 17:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:12, 7 August 2007 (UTC); ditto on "not after Nixon"
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. - Thomas Edison got telegraph patent today
 * 3 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 0 This has now already been used, on 21 October 2005. ~ Kalki 17:32, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

No man can lose what he never had. ~ Izaak Walton
 * 3 Zarbon 05:15, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 11:59, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a single really serious mistake — like putting a fork in one's eye or using a window instead of a door. ~ Marvin Minsky
 * 3 Kalki 11:59, 8 August 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 01:34, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Mary Poppins herself had flown away, but the gifts she had brought would remain for always. ~ P. L. Travers
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 04:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns. ~ P. L. Travers
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 04:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself. ~ P. L. Travers
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 04:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Tonight the small are free from the great and the great protect the small. ~ P. L. Travers
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 04:21, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC); no context.

''Every step I take, I am alive. I am Life.'' ~ Happy Rhodes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 01:47, 7 August 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

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August 6

August 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the plane, the plane will fly. ~ Donald Douglas
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * Character does count. For too long we have gotten by in a society that says the only thing right is to get by and the only thing wrong is to get caught. Character is doing what's right when nobody is looking... ~ J. C. Watts
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * The Japanese were ready to surrender, and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * proposed by Kalki, August 6th, 2005 was the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (controversial selection).

 * 2006
 * One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underpriviliged. ~ Richard Hofstadter
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2007
 * Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is. ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. ~ Alfred Tennyson, "In Memoriam A.H.H." (born this day)
 * proposed by 121a0012

 * 2009
 * The fate of all explanation is to close one door only to have another fly wide open. ~ Charles Fort
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new: That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do: For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be;  Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales;  Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue;  Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging through the thunderstorm;  Till the war-drum throbbed no longer, and the battle-flags were furled In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world.  There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapped in universal law. ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Like an Aeolian harp that wakes No certain air, but overtakes Far thought with music that it makes: Such seem'd the whisper at my side: "What is it thou knowest, sweet voice?" I cried. "A hidden hope," the voice replied:  So heavenly-toned, that in that hour From out my sullen heart a power Broke, like the rainbow from the shower,  To feel, altho' no tongue can prove That every cloud, that spreads above And veileth love, itself is love. ~ Alfred Tennyson in The Two Voices ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
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 * 2013

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 * 2014

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 * 2015

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 * 2016

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 * 2017

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 * 2018

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 * 2019

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 * 2020

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 * 2021

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 * 2022

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 * 2023

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 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
I don't say we wouldn't get our hair mussed, but I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops!...uh, depending on the breaks. ~ General "Buck" Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Hiroshima was bombed on 6 August 1945)
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 Sveden 14:47, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:39, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 18:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

The players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand". - Ben Jonson died this day
 * 3 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 13:37, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global information system. The project started with the philosophy that much academic information should be freely available to anyone. It aims to allow information sharing within internationally dispersed teams, and the dissemination of information by support groups. ~ Tim Berners-Lee, Usenet article <6487@cernvax.cern.ch> (the first public announcement of CERN's "WorldWideWeb" system, made this day in 1991)
 * 4 121a0012 03:11, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 121a0012 04:11, August 5, 2005 (UTC) (adjusted my vote as next year is the 15th anniversary which would be a better choice)
 * 2 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 13:37, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC) but might someday rank it a 3.
 * 1 Zarbon 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

''Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death  Rode the six hundred.'' ~ Alfred Tennyson, "Charge of the Light Brigade"
 * 1 121a0012 03:22, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 13:37, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Triviaa 04:13, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

The idea of the paranoid style as a force in politics would have little contemporary relevance or historical value if it were applied only to men with profoundly disturbed minds. It is the use of paranoid modes of expression by more or less normal people that makes the phenomenon significant. ~ Richard Hofstadter
 * 2 InvisibleSun 01:29, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 1 Zarbon 15:06, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely. ~ Charles Fort
 * 2 Zarbon 04:40, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Triviaa 04:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I have taken the stand that nobody can be always wrong, but it does seem to me that I have approximated so highly that I am nothing short of a negative genius. ~ Charles Fort
 * 3 Zarbon 04:40, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 17:00, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 18:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Triviaa 04:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Here's what I advise any young struggling actress today: The important thing is to develop as a woman first, and a performer second. You wouldn't prostitute yourself to get a part, not if you're in the right mind. You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 3 Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

My ideal of womanhood has always been the pioneer woman who fought and worked at her husband's side. She bore the children, kept the home fires burning; she was the hub of the family, the planner and the dreamer. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 2 Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Things said in embarrassment and anger are seldom the truth, but are said to hurt and wound the other person. Once said, they can never be taken back. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 3 with strong lean towards 4. Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

We're willing to take a lot of punishment, but the minute we hit a little bit of success we are liable to run from it. We're frightened of it and develop all kinds of phobias as a consequence. Outsiders who don't understand think we have a chip on our shoulder, but it's not that at all. We're so used to failure, to being hurt and rebuffed, that we can easily come unhinged by success. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 3 Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 3 Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Children internalize their parents' unhappiness. Fortunately, they absorb our contentment just as readily. ~ Lucille Ball
 * 4 Zarbon 01:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood. ~ Daniel O'Connell
 * 3 Ningauble 13:48, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 06:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

''O damsel, be you wise To call him shamed, who is but overthrown? Thrown have I been, nor once, but many a time. Victor from vanquished issues at the last, And overthrower from being overthrown. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

''Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range. Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.'' ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Something is or seems, That touches me with mystic gleams, Like glimpses of forgotten dreams — "Of something felt, like something here; Of something done, I know not where; Such as no language may declare. ~ Alfred Tennyson in The Two Voices ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

''What happiness to reign a lonely king, Vext — O ye stars that shudder over me, O earth that soundest hollow under me, Vext with waste dreams? for saving I be joined To her that is the fairest under heaven, I seem as nothing in the mighty world, And cannot will my will, nor work my work Wholly, nor make myself in mine own realm Victor and lord. But were I joined with her, Then might we live together as one life, And reigning with one will in everything Have power on this dark land to lighten it, And power on this dead world to make it live. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

''Blinder unto holy things Hope not to make thyself by idle vows, Being too blind to have desire to see. But if indeed there came a sign from heaven, Blessed are Bors, Lancelot and Percivale, For these have seen according to their sight. For every fiery prophet in old times, And all the sacred madness of the bard, When God made music through them, could but speak His music by the framework and the chord; And as ye saw it ye have spoken truth. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

''Out of those to whom the vision came My greatest hardly will believe he saw; Another hath beheld it afar off, And leaving human wrongs to right themselves, Cares but to pass into the silent life. And one hath had the vision face to face, And now his chair desires him here in vain, However they may crown him otherwhere. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

''Some among you held, that if the King Had seen the sight he would have sworn the vow: Not easily, seeing that the King must guard That which he rules, and is but as the hind To whom a space of land is given to plow. Who may not wander from the allotted field Before his work be done; but, being done, Let visions of the night or of the day Come, as they will; and many a time they come, Until this earth he walks on seems not earth, This light that strikes his eyeball is not light, This air that smites his forehead is not air But vision — yea, his very hand and foot — In moments when he feels he cannot die, And knows himself no vision to himself, Nor the high God a vision, nor that One Who rose again: ye have seen what ye have seen. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

''The fire of Heaven has killed the barren cold, And kindled all the plain and all the wold. The new leaf ever pushes off the old. The fire of Heaven is not the flame of Hell. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

There be many rumours on this head: For there be those who hate him in their hearts, Call him baseborn, and since his ways are sweet, And theirs are bestial, hold him less than man: And there be those who deem him more than man, And dream he dropt from heaven.. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

''Take thou the truth as thou hast told it me. For truly as thou sayest, a Fairy King And Fairy Queens have built the city, son… And, as thou sayest, it is enchanted, son, For there is nothing in it as it seems Saving the King; though some there be that hold The King a shadow, and the city real: Yet take thou heed of him, for, so thou pass Beneath this archway, then wilt thou become A thrall to his enchantments, for the King Will bind thee by such vows, as is a shame A man should not be bound by, yet the which No man can keep; but, so thou dread to swear, Pass not beneath this gateway, but abide Without, among the cattle of the field. For an ye heard a music, like enow They are building still, seeing the city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built for ever. ~ Alfred Tennyson in Idylls of the King'' ~
 * 3 Kalki 08:44, 5 August 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

title: August 6


text:
September 6

September 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * My personal feeling is that this is how any further improvement of the world will be done: by individuals making Quality decisions and that's all. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Opinions are not to be learned by rote, like the letters of an alphabet, or the words of a dictionary. They are conclusions to be formed, and formed by each individual in the sacred and free citadel of the mind, and there enshrined beyond the arm of law to reach, or force to shake. ~ Frances Wright (born 6 September 1795)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * I saw a rainbow earlier today Lately those rainbows be comin' round like everyday Deep in the struggle I have found the beauty of me God is watchin' and the Devil finally let me be. Here in this moment to myself. ~ Macy Gray ~
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue. ~ Frances Wright
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * The Immortal Principle was first called water by Thales. Anaximenes called it air. The Pythagoreans called it number and were thus the first to see the Immortal Principle as something nonmaterial. Heraclitus called the Immortal Principle fire and introduced change as part of the Principle. He said the world exists as a conflict and tension of opposites. He said there is a One and there is a Many and the One is the universal law which is immanent in all things. Anaxagoras was the first to identify the One as nous, meaning "mind." Parmenides made it clear for the first time that the Immortal Principle, the One, Truth, God, is separate from appearance and from opinion, and the importance of this separation and its effect upon subsequent history cannot be overstated. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Why, for example, should a group of simple, stable compounds of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen struggle for billions of years to organize themselves into a professor of chemistry? What's the motive? ~ Robert M. Pirsig, born this day.
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:35, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 19:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Trials never end, of course. Unhappiness and misfortune are bound to occur as long as people live, but there is a feeling now, that was not here before, and is not just on the surface of things, but penetrates all the way through: We've won it. It's going to get better now. You can sort of tell these things. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki 21:52, 5 September 2005 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Women, wherever placed, however high or low in the scale of cultivation, hold the destinies of human kind. Men will ever rise or fall to the level of the other sex. ~ Frances Wright
 * 3 InvisibleSun 19:46, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:00, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I try to say goodbye and I choke Try to walk away and I stumble Though I try to hide it, it's clear My world crumbles when you are not here ~ Macy Gray ~
 * 3 Kalki 23:11, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

I would like not to cut any new channels of consciousness but simply dig deeper into old ones that have become silted in with the debris of thoughts grown stale and platitudes too often repeated. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The bones and flesh and legal statistics are the garments worn by the personality, not the other way around. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Traditional scientific method has always been at the very best 20-20 hindsight. It's good for seeing where you've been. It's good for testing the truth of what you think you know, but it can't tell you where you ought to go. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

What keeps the world from reverting to the Neandertal with each generation is the continuing, ongoing mythos, transformed into logos but still mythos, the huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells are united in the body of man. To feel that one is not so united, that one can accept or discard this mythos as one pleases, is not to understand what the mythos is. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Religion isn't invented by man. Men are invented by religion. Men invent responses to Quality, and among these responses is an understanding of what they themselves are. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We invent earth and heavens, trees, stones and oceans, gods, music, arts, language, philosophy, engineering, civilization and science. We call these analogues reality. And they are reality. We mesmerize our children in the name of truth into knowing that they are reality. We throw anyone who does not accept these analogues into an insane asylum. But that which causes us to invent the analogues is Quality. Quality is the continuing stimulus which our environment puts upon us to create the world in which we live. All of it. Every last bit of it. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The mythos is a building of analogues upon analogues upon analogues. These fill the collective consciousness of all communicating mankind. Every last bit of it. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I think it's about time to return to the rebuilding of this American resource...individual worth. There are political reactionaries who've been saying something close to this for years. I'm not one of them, but to the extent they're talking about real individual worth and not just an excuse for giving more money to the rich, they're right. We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance and old-fashioned gumption. We really do. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

I hope it's been made plain that the real evil isn't the objects of technology but the tendency of technology to isolate people into lonely attitudes of objectivity. It's the objectivity, the dualistic way of looking at things underlying technology, that produces the evil. That's why I went to so much trouble to show how technology could be used to destroy the evil. A person who knows how to fix motorcycles... with Quality... is less likely to run short of friends than one who doesn't. And they aren't going to see him as some kind of object either. Quality destroys objectivity every time. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The Good was not a form of reality. It was reality itself, ever changing, ultimately unknowable in any kind of fixed, rigid way. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Everything is an analogy. But the dialecticians don't know that. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The hero of the Odyssey is a great fighter, a wily schemer, a ready speaker, a man of stout heart and broad wisdom who knows that he must endure without too much complaining what the gods send… ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The most moral activity of all is the creation of space for life to move around. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The Church of Reason, like all institutions of the System, is based not on individual strength but upon individual weakness. What's really demanded in the Church of Reason is not ability, but inability. Then you are considered teachable. A truly able person is always a threat. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The thing to understand is that if you are going to reform society you don't start with cops. And if you are going to reform intellect you don't start with psychiatrists. If you don't like our present social system or intellectual system the best thing you can do with either cops or psychiatrists is stay out of their way. You leave them till last. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Between the subject and the object lies the value. This Value is more immediate, more directly sensed than any "self" or any "object" to which it may be later assigned. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Steel can be any shape you want if you are skilled enough, and any shape but the one you want if you are not. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

For the good obtained, and yet in store for our race — let us rejoice! But let us rejoice as men, not as children — as human beings, rather than as Americans — as reasoning beings, not as ignorants. So shall we rejoice to good purpose and in good feeling; so shall we improve the victory once on this day achieved, until all mankind hold with us the jubilee of independence. ~ Frances Wright
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Take a walk down the street and see where this is going. You no longer feel like you are living in your own country. There is a battle going on and we have to defend ourselves. Before you know it there will be more mosques than churches! ~ Geert Wilders
 * 2,5 DanielTom (talk) 17:18, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 0.

Moderate Islam? That's a contradiction. ~ Geert Wilders
 * 2,5 DanielTom (talk) 11:04, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 0.

The lights are going out slowly all over Europe. All over the continent where our culture flourished and where man created freedom, prosperity and civilization. The foundation of the West is under attack everywhere. All over Europe the elites are acting as the protectors of an ideology that has been bent on destroying us for fourteen centuries. An ideology that has sprung from the desert and that can produce only deserts because it does not give people freedom. The Islamic Mozart, the Islamic Gerard Reve, the Islamic Bill Gates; they do not exist because without freedom there is no creativity. With everything in me I believe the ideology of Islam is especially noted for killing and oppression and can only produce societies that are backward and impoverished. ~ Geert Wilders
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 00:46, 1 August 2014 (UTC) [suggest using these two pictures]
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 0.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 08:44, 6 September 2014 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

title: September 6


text:
October 6

October 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * That man is an Euclidian point: position without substance. ~ Ernest Rutherford
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * I don't get no respect! ~ Rodney Dangerfield (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ (died 6 October 1892)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream; but what am I? An infant crying in the night; An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ (died 6 October 1892)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. ~ David Brin
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009
 * Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this … say so! ~ David Brin
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.  ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city. ~ Le Corbusier
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by DanielTom in regard to the author's winning of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

 * 2018

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ (died 6 October 1892)
 * 3 Kalki 09:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:47, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:03, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 AdamKadmon 00:48, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted. ~ David Brin
 * 3 Zarbon 04:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 17:45, 5 October 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 19:20, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 AdamKadmon 00:48, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and tangible within us without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms. Everybody is agreed to that, the child, the savage and the metaphysician. ~ Le Corbusier
 * 3 Kalki 17:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 2.5 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution. ~ Le Corbusier
 * 3 Kalki 17:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 03:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:13, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 5 October 2020 (UTC) though I could rank it higher with a clear relation to the date.

War without fire is like sausages without mustard. ~ Juvénal des Ursins or Henry V (anniversary of the Siege of Meaux)

title: October 6


text:
November 6

November 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. ~ Jean Giraudoux
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind. ~ Mohandas Gandhi (arrested 6 November 1913 while leading an Indian miners' march)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2006
 * Me, I shall be an autocrat: that is my trade; and The Good God will forgive me: that is His. ~ Catherine the Great (died 6 November 1796)
 * proposed by Fys

 * 2007
 * I don’t think that combat has ever been written about truthfully; it has always been described in terms of bravery and cowardice. I won’t even accept these words as terms of human reference any more. And anyway, hell, they don’t even apply to what, in actual fact, modern warfare has become. ~ James Jones
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * This is our time — to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can! ~ Barack Obama (recent election to be 44th President of USA).
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others. ~ Zig Ziglar
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. ~ Cesare Lombroso
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere. ~ Zig Ziglar
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki (for the date of Kyd's baptism — birthdate unknown)

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki, for election day 2018 in the USA.

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2022

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Remember that life is hard, but when you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you. ~ Zig Ziglar
 * 3 Zarbon 04:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 22:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Genius is one of the many forms of insanity. ~ Cesare Lombroso
 * 3 Zarbon 04:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 22:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand. ~ Cesare Lombroso
 * 3 Zarbon 04:24, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 22:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This is now sourced. Kalki 12:51, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm not a racist. I hate everybody. ~ Christian Lorenz
 * 2 for comedic value. Zarbon 04:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:49, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 0 because it is unsourced. - InvisibleSun 22:45, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. ~ Zig Ziglar
 * 3 Kalki 15:07, 4 November 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission. ~ Zig Ziglar
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 09:34, 31 October 2011 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

title: November 6


text:
December 6

December 6 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence. ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
 * selected by Snoyes

 * 2004
 * Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself. ~ Samuel Butler
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Love is made out of ecstasy and wonder; Love is a poignant and accustomed pain. It is a burst of Heaven-shaking thunder; It is a linnet's fluting after rain. ~ Joyce Kilmer (born 6 December 1886)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. ~ Anthony Trollope ( (died 6 December 1882))
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2007
 * It is stern work, it is perilous work, to thrust your hand in the sun and pull out a spark of immortal flame to warm the hearts of men: but Prometheus, torn by the claws and beaks whose task is never done, would be tortured another eternity to go stealing fire again. ~ Joyce Kilmer (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The Science of Language has taught us that there is order and wisdom in all languages, and even the most degraded jargons contain the ruins of former greatness and beauty. The Science of Religion, I hope, will produce a similar change in our views of barbarous forms of faith and worship. ~ Max Müller
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009 :
 * Is Freedom only a Will-o'-the-wisp To cheat a poet's eye? Be it phantom or fact, it's a noble cause In which to sing and to die! ~ Joyce Kilmer ~ (date of birth)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Whenever we can trace back a religion to its first beginnings, we find it free from many of the blemishes that offend us in its later phases. The founders of the ancient religions of the world, as far as we can judge, were minds of a high stamp, full of noble aspirations, yearning for truth, devoted to the welfare of their neighbors, examples of purity and unselfishness. What they desired to found upon earth was but seldom realized, and their sayings, if preserved in their original form, offer often a strange contrast to the practice of those who profess to be their disciples. ~ Max Müller
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ~ Anthony Trollope in Barchester Towers (date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2012

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard of his recent death.

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures. ~ Anthony Trollope (date of death)
 * 3 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 07:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:44, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Lyle 17:49, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

title: December 6


text:
January 7

January 7 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * There is no first world and third world. There is only one world, for all of us to live and delight in. ~ Gerald Durrell (born 7 January 1925)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2007
 * It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it. For far more marvelous is the truth than any artists of the past imagined it. Why do the poets of the present not speak of it? What men are poets who can speak of Jupiter if he were a man, but if he is an immense spinning sphere of methane and ammonia must be silent? ~ Richard Feynman (speaking of art, reality, and Jupiter, which Galileo Galilei discovered to have moons on this day in 1610)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * You cannot begin to preserve any species of animal unless you preserve the habitat in which it dwells. Disturb or destroy that habitat and you will exterminate the species as surely as if you had shot it. So conservation means that you have to preserve forest and grassland, river and lake, even the sea itself. This is not only vital for the preservation of animal life generally, but for the future existence of man himself — a point that seems to escape many people. ~ Gerald Durrell (born 7 January 1925)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * There are years that ask questions and years that answer. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010 :
 * When I take people round to see my animals, one of the first questions they ask (unless the animal is cute and appealing) is, "what use is it?" by which they mean, "what use is it to them?" To this one can reply "What use is the Acropolis?" Does a creature have to be of direct material use to mankind in order to exist? By and large, by asking the question "what use is it?" you are asking the animal to justify its existence without having justified your own. ~ Gerald Durrell
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * We have inherited an incredibly beautiful and complex garden, but the trouble is that we have been appallingly bad gardeners. We have not bothered to acquaint ourselves with the simplest principles of gardening. By neglecting our garden, we are storing up for ourselves, in the not very distant future, a world catastrophe as bad as any atomic war, and we are doing it with all the bland complacency of an idiot child chopping up a Rembrandt with a pair of scissors. ~ Gerald Durrell
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Love, I find is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to historical issues and events which have occurred on this date.

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki, as recent significant remarks upon historically significant events.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. ~ Zora Neale Hurston (born January 7, 1891)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 09:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 17:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Triviaa 04:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see. ~ Zora Neale Hurston
 * 3 InvisibleSun 09:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 17:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Triviaa 04:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC); but extended for context to read:
 * Of course he wasn't dead. He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. The kiss of his memory made pictures of love and light against the wall. Here was peace. She pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder. So much of life in its meshes! She called in her soul to come and see.

We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops---which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair. ~ William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 23:57, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 17:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

Would you like to hear a nice definition of jealousy? It's the feeling that you get when someone you absolutely detest is having a wonderful time without you. ~ William Peter Blatty, Legion
 * 3 bystander (talk) 23:57, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 17:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 22:55, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

title: January 7


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February 7

February 7 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2005
 * It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way — in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ~ Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities (born 7 February 1812)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * He judged it not fit to determine anything rashly; and seemed to doubt whether those different forms of religion might not all come from God, who might inspire man in a different manner, and be pleased with this variety; he therefore thought it indecent and foolish for any man to threaten and terrify another to make him believe what did not appear to him to be true. ~ Thomas More (born 7 February 1478)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people we most despise. ~ Charles Dickens
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * A man acts suitably to his nature, when he conquers his enemy in such a way as that no other creature but a man could be capable of, and that is by the strength of his understanding. ~ Thomas More
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * It is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it, and think how different its course would have been. Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day. ~ Charles Dickens
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Extreme justice is an extreme injury: for we ought not to approve of those terrible laws that make the smallest offences capital, nor of that opinion of the Stoics that makes all crimes equal; as if there were no difference to be made between the killing a man and the taking his purse, between which, if we examine things impartially, there is no likeness nor proportion. ~ Thomas More
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * In no victory do they glory so much as in that which is gained by dexterity and good conduct without bloodshed. In such cases they appoint public triumphs, and erect trophies to the honour of those who have succeeded; for then do they reckon that a man acts suitably to his nature, when he conquers his enemy in such a way as that no other creature but a man could be capable of, and that is by the strength of his understanding. ~ Thomas More
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets. ~ Charles Dickens
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:

 * "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!" ~ Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol
 * used 19 December 2009, proposed by InvisibleSun

Suggestions
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble: and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust. ~ Thomas More (born February 7, 1478)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 16:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Here's the rule for bargains — 'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept. ~ Charles Dickens
 * 3 InvisibleSun 16:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:56, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. ~ Charles Dickens
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 17:02, 1 February 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

The law is a ass — a idiot. ~ Charles Dickens in Oliver Twist
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 17:02, 1 February 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. ~ An Wang
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 21:55, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 04:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 04:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 04:05, 14 June 2014 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:16, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

title: February 7


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March 7

March 7 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * May Heaven exist, even if my place is Hell. ~ Jorge Luis Borges
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Man is constituted as a speculative being; he contemplates the world, and the objects around him, not with a passive indifferent eye, but as a system disposed with order and design. ~ John Herschel (born 7 March 1792)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves. We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide us or control! And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: These find I graven on my heart: That tells me what to do. ~ William Wordsworth in "Rob Roy's Grave" ~ (Rob Roy born 7 March 1671)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause, and especially if it depends on the best of all causes. To entrust to chance what is greatest and most noble would be a very defective arrangement. ~ Aristotle
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game. ~ Gary Gygax (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of reason is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2011
 * I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012
 * Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. ~ Aristotle
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2014

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2015

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki, to commemorate her recent death.

 * 2017

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2018

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions

 * DOB: Thomas Aquinas · Amanda Gorman · John Herschel · Robert Roy MacGregor · Alessandro Manzoni

Note: Aristotle still has many suggestions here, because previously this date was given as that of his death on Wikipedia; this is no longer accepted, but as no other date seems likely to be provided, this continues to be a primary place for suggestions of quotes by him.

To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling. ~ John Herschel
 * 3 Kalki 15:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 19:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

If ye are seeking Rob Roy, he's ken'd to be better than half a hunder men strong when he's at the fewest. ~ Sir Walter Scott, (Rob Roy's date of birth)
 * 3 Kalki 15:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 19:18, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Law: an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. ~ Thomas Aquinas (date of death; date of birth unknown)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The most hopeful people in the world are the young and the drunk. The first because they have little experience of failure, and the second because they have succeeded in drowning theirs. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 3 and lean toward a 4. Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 bystander (talk) 21:18, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory, Of His Flesh the mystery sing; Of the Blood, all price exceeding, Shed by our immortal King. ~ Thomas Aquinas
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. ~ Aristotle
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The law is reason unaffected by desire. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Would that laws were so, but this is too ironic for me.
 * 1 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) Frankly, I must agree with Ninguable here, at least with most understandings of the word "Law."
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Great quote, but this was already used, on 1 August 2003 ~ Kalki (talk · contributions).

And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 and lean toward a 4. Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) There are too many other bases for happiness, activity, and war making.
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

For the purposes of poetry a convincing impossibility is preferable to an unconvincing possibility. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. ~ Aristotle
 * 4 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

What comes after is not always progress. ~ Alessandro Manzoni
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

It is one of the advantages of this world that people can hate and be hated without knowing each other. ~ Alessandro Manzoni
 * 3 Zarbon 04:23, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 UDScott 15:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 Ningauble 22:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC) Taken literally or ironically, I find this unappealing.
 * 1 Kalki 16:55, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

The young have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things—and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning. ~ Aristotle
 * 3 bystander (talk) 21:18, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 18:54, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 14:01, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

title: March 7


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Rudy Tomjanovich

Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. (born November 24, 1948), nicknamed Rudy T, is an American basketball player and coach who won two NBA Championships as the head coach of the Houston Rockets, in 1994 and 1995

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 * "We had nonbelievers all along the way, and I have one thing to say to those nonbelievers: Don't ever underestimate the heart of a champion!"
 * (NBA.com) 1995 NBA Finals: Rockets Earn Respect With Finals Sweep

title: Rudy Tomjanovich