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May 11

May 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well. ~ Ken Wilber
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is trying to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind. ~ J. Krishnamurti (born 11 May 1895)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Positive vibrations man. That's what makes it work. That's reggae music. You can't look away because it's real. You listen to what I sing because I mean what I sing, there's no secret, no big deal. Just honesty, that's all. ~ Bob Marley (died 11 May 1981)
 * proposed by JeffQ (author) and Kalki (quote)

 * 2007
 * The poet in a golden clime was born, With golden stars above; Dower'd with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love. ~ Alfred Tennyson ~
 * proposed by Poetlister

 * 2008
 * Poets say science takes away from the beauty of the stars — mere globs of gas atoms. Nothing is 'mere'. I too can see the stars on a desert night, and feel them. But do I see less or more? The vastness of the heavens stretches my imagination — stuck on this carousel my little eye can catch one-million-year-old light. A vast pattern — of which I am a part... What is the pattern or the meaning or the why? It does not do harm to the mystery to know a little more about it. ~ Richard Feynman (born 11 May 1918)
 * proposed by Aphaia

 * 2009
 * There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts. ~ Richard Feynman
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled. ~ Richard Feynman
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with. It isn't something that you can experience by reading a book, or by listening to a talk, or by sitting together, or by retiring into a wood or a monastery. I am afraid none of these things will bring about this silence. This silence demands intense psychological work. You have to be burningly aware of your snobbishness, aware of your fears, your anxieties, your sense of guilt. And when you die to all that, then out of that dying comes the beauty of silence. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2012

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2013
 * proposed by bystander

 * 2014

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2015

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2020

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

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Say you just can't live that negative way You know what I mean Make way for the positive day Cause it's a new day. ~ Bob Marley (died 11 May 1981), "Positive Vibration", Rastaman Vibration (1976)
 * 2 Jeff Q (talk) 05:51, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ I did some quick research, and the writing credits for this are to Vincent Ford, but there are indications that Marley simply gave Ford credit for these and other lyrics. Taking up the suggestion for something by Marley I have found a couple that, while not fully sourced as yet, I find plausible and not likely to become disputed. ~ Kalki 22:04, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 2 Aphaia 09:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:04, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't have prejudice against myself. My father was a white and my mother was black. Them call me half-caste or whatever. Me don't dip on nobody's side. Me don't dip on the black man's side nor the white man's side. Me dip on God's side, the one who create me and cause me to come from black and white. ~ Bob Marley (date of death)
 * 3 Kalki 22:04, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Jeff Q (talk) 23:56, 10 May 2006 (UTC). I'd prefer a less weighty quote.
 * 2 Aphaia 09:39, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:04, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Dance is the hidden language of the soul ~ Martha Graham (date of birth).
 * 3 Aphaia 23:58, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:05, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a stratagem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person. ~ Yagyū Munenori (date of death, date of birth unknown)
 * 3 because there is truly beauty in the art of war. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body. ~ Yagyū Munenori
 * 3 because the physical strike comes last. It is more important to plan ahead before that attack. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow. ~ Yagyū Munenori
 * 3 because there is a time to contemplate and a time to attack and defend. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

There may be a hundred stances and sword positions, but you win with just one. ~ Yagyū Munenori
 * 3 because it is the thunderous winning blow that counts. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

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If you gaze at a single leaf on a single tree, you do not see the other leaves. If you face the tree with no intention and do not fix your eyes on a single leaf, then you will see all the many leaves. If your mind is preoccupied with one leaf, you do not see the others, if you do not set your attention on one; you will see hundreds and thousands of leaves. ~ Yagyū Munenori
 * 3 because one must concentrate on all aspects in order to avoid dogmatism. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never be without a sword. ~ Yagyū Munenori
 * 3 because it is imperative for one to train without a weapon just as much in order to survive all predicaments. Zarbon 04:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * 2 Zarbon 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

The observer is the observed. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * 2 Zarbon 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

So, the questioner wants to know why it is that he cannot go beyond all these superficial wrangles of the mind. For the simple reason that, consciously or unconsciously, the mind is always seeking something, and that very search brings violence, competition, the sense of utter dissatisfaction. It is only when the mind is completely still that there is a possibility of touching the deep waters. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * 3 Zarbon 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, but just for the final sentence.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * 2 Zarbon 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti
 * 3 Zarbon 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 09:35, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to me that this fantastically marvelous universe, this tremendous range of time and space and different kinds of animals, and all the different planets, and all these atoms with all their motions, and so on, all this complicated thing can merely be a stage so that God can watch human beings struggle for good and evil — which is the view that religion has. The stage is too big for the drama. ~ Richard Feynman
 * 3 with a strong lean to 4 bystander (talk) 23:39, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 12:44, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely. ~ The Land Before Time
 * 3 (Mother's Day 2014) ~ DanielTom (talk) 00:06, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 11:23, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Get up, get up for shame! The blooming morn Upon her wings presents the god unshorn.  See how Aurora throws her fair  Fresh-quilted colours through the air:  Get up, sweet slug-a-bed, and see  The dew bespangling herb and tree! Each flower has wept and bow’d toward the east Above an hour since, yet you not drest;  Nay! not so much as out of bed?  When all the birds have matins said  And sung their thankful hymns, ’tis sin,  Nay, profanation, to keep in, Whereas a thousand virgins on this day Spring sooner than the lark, to fetch in May. ~ Robert Herrick, Hesperides
 * 4 Ficaia (talk) 08:56, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

title: May 11


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July 11

July 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
 * First "Quote of the Day" at Wikiquote, selected by Nanobug

 * 2004:
 * The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfils himself in many ways lest one good custom should corrupt the world. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson in Idylls of the King
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. ~ John Quincy Adams (born 11 July 1767)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. ~ John Quincy Adams (born 11 July 1767)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ~ E. B. White
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society — things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed. ~ E. B. White
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * I can never join with my voice in the toast which I see in the papers attributed to one of our gallant naval heroes. I cannot ask of heaven success, even for my country, in a cause where she should be in the wrong. Fiat justitia, pereat coelum. My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right. ~ John Quincy Adams (in response to Stephen Decatur's famous phrase, "our country, right or wrong". The Latin phrase is an ancient one that can be translated as : "Let justice be done though heaven should fall.")
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same. ~ E. B. White
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * "In God We Trust." … It is simple, direct, gracefully phrased: it always sounds well — In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true. And in a measure it is true — half the nation trusts in Him. That half has decided it. ~ Mark Twain
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2015

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki, for 60th anniversary of work first published on 11 July 1960.

 * 2021

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2022

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
In God we trust, all others must submit an X.509 Certificate - Source unknown
 * "In God We Trust" was added to the dollar on July 11th
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 08:51, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 121a0012 June 27, 2005 03:52 (UTC) (I love this, but I think it may be too esoteric for a general audience.)
 * 1 AllanHainey June 27, 2005 11:37 (UTC) (X.509 don't know what it is but sounds like a USA tax thing - too obscure)
 * Actually, it's an ITU standard. Your browser almost certainly implements it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 121a0012 (talk • contribs) 02:41, 28 June 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 18:15, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:52, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

New York is part of the natural world. I love the city, I love the country, and for the same reasons. The city is part of the country. When I had an apartment on East Forty-Eighth Street, my backyard during the migratory season yielded more birds than I ever saw in Maine. ~ E. B. White
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 05:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 09:03, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:52, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. ~ Ingrid Newkirk
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 16:49, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

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title: July 11


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August 11

August 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular. ~ Adlai Stevenson
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * The only kind of dignity which is genuine is that which is not diminished by the indifference of others. ~ Dag Hammarskjöld
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * I do not believe that the tendency is to make men and women brave and glorious when you tell them that there are certain ideas upon certain subjects that they must never express; that they must go through life with a pretence as a shield; that their neighbors will think much more of them if they will only keep still; and that above all is a God who despises one who honestly expresses what he believes. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll (born 11 August 1833)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * proposed by Jeff Q

 * 2008
 * There is no slavery but ignorance. Liberty is the child of intelligence. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * proposed by Jeff Q

 * 2009
 * If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Wait until the world is free before you write a creed. In this creed there will be but one word — Liberty. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Standing in the presence of the Unknown, all have the same right to think, and all are equally interested in the great questions of origin and destiny. All I claim, all I plead for, is liberty of thought and expression. That is all. I do not pretend to tell what is absolutely true, but what I think is true. I do not pretend to tell all the truth. I do not claim that I have floated level with the heights of thought, or that I have descended to the very depths of things. I simply claim that what ideas I have, I have a right to express; and that any man who denies that right to me is an intellectual thief and robber. That is all. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * 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

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks on the Russo-Ukrainian War.

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so. ~ Robert G. Ingersoll
 * used 16 June 2004, selected by Kalki

 * You cannot choose your battlefield, God does that for you; But you can plant a standard Where a standard never flew. ~ Nathalia Crane ~
 * used on 1 November 2007, proposed by Kalki

Suggestions
The only real game — I think — in the world is baseball. ~ Babe Ruth, in honour of his 500th homerun, scored that day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 05:58, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 significant for USA but not really for anyone else AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * For the record, the first voter is not from the US (unless you count Israel as the 51st state). ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 16:04, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3 121a0012 00:29, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:44, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 TomPhil 11:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC); for 2007 only, given Barry Bonds likely imminent new record
 * 0 Zarbon 15:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. - Andrew Carnegie, died this day
 * 3 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 20:44, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 - Should be transferred to November 25, Carnegie's birthdate. - InvisibleSun 21:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 15:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

An enemy forgiven is more dangerous than a thousand foes. ~ Rodolfo Graziani
 * 4 and I love this quote because of the magnificently climactic idea behind it...an enemy left alive can evolve into a dangerous man of vengeance. I love the imagery depicted by this quote, pertaining to say that the only incapable foe is the dead foe. Hence, forgiving a foe may create a deadlier one in turn. Zarbon 04:49, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

If one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic, narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace a larger view of the Force. ~ from Star Wars as Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (born August 11)
 * 3 because this is what I strongly believe. This is most likely the most meaningful, most moral quotation in the history of Star Wars. Do not be dogmatic, dogma is the death of learning. This quote should seriously be taken into consideration. Zarbon 14:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Wipe them out, all of them. ~ from Star Wars as Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (born August 11)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

I can feel your anger. It gives you focus. It makes you stronger. ~ from Star Wars as Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (born August 11)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Remember back to your early teachings. All who gain power are afraid to lose it. Even the Jedi. ~ from Star Wars as Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (born August 11)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Good is a point of view, Anakin. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power. ~ from Star Wars as Darth Sidious Ian McDiarmid (born August 11)
 * 3 because this quote pretty much defines what I believe, especially "Good is a point of view" this quote is brilliance defined. Zarbon 05:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

We must reverse this psychology (of needing guns for home defense). We can do it by passing a law that says anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jail- period! ~ Carl Rowan
 * 2 Zarbon 14:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Outside his own ever-narrowing field of specialization, a scientist is a layman. What members of an academy of science have in common is a certain form of semiparasitic living. ~ Erwin Chargaff
 * 2 Zarbon 14:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:15, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

title: August 11


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September 11

September 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * Never burn a penny candle looking for a halfpenny. ~ Irish proverb
 * selected by Nanobug

 * 2004
 * Only tragedy allows the release of love and grief never normally seen. ~ Kate Bush
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * September 11 was, and remains, above all an immense human tragedy. But September 11 also posed a momentous and deliberate challenge not just to America but to the world at large. The target of the terrorists was not only New York and Washington but the very values of freedom, tolerance and decency which underpin our way of life. ~ Tony Blair
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2006
 * On September 11 — what happened? Picture this: two upended matchboxes, knocked over by the sheer force of paper-darts. Only it was much, much worse than that. In fact, words alone cannot adduce how much worse it was than that. September 11 was an attack on words: we felt a general deficit. ~ Martin Amis
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Our best destiny, as planetary cohabitants, is the development of what has been called "species consciousness" — something over and above nationalisms, blocs, religions, ethnicities … I have been trying to apply such a consciousness, and such a sensibility. Thinking of the victims, the perpetrators, and the near future, I felt species grief, then species shame, then species fear. ~ Martin Amis on the terrorist attacks of 11th September 2001
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do. … I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars. ~ Stephen Hawking
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2009
 * On September 11, 2001, the world fractured. It's beyond my skill as a writer to capture that day, and the days that would follow — the planes, like specters, vanishing into steel and glass; the slow-motion cascade of the towers crumbling into themselves; the ash-covered figures wandering the streets; the anguish and the fear. Nor do I pretend to understand the stark nihilism that drove the terrorists that day and that drives their brethren still. My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another's heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with abstract, serene satisfaction. ~ Barack Obama
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * We have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire. If today, after the horror of 11 September, we see better, and we see further — we will realize that humanity is indivisible. New threats make no distinction between races, nations or regions. A new insecurity has entered every mind, regardless of wealth or status. A deeper awareness of the bonds that bind us all — in pain as in prosperity — has gripped young and old. In the early beginnings of the 21st century — a century already violently disabused of any hopes that progress towards global peace and prosperity is inevitable — this new reality can no longer be ignored. It must be confronted. ~ Kofi Annan
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * This enemy attacked not just our people, but all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world. The United States of America will use all our resources to conquer this enemy. We will rally the world. We will be patient, we will be focused, and we will be steadfast in our determination.… we will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms. ~ George W. Bush ~ On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family. We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. … The cause of securing our country is not complete. But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place. Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ~ Barack Obama ~
 * proposed by Kalki, as two quotes for the 10th anniversary of the attacks in which the twin towers fell by the two men who have served as US President since that time, in the battles against terrorism.

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki (Bird born 11 September 1957)

 * 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 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly. Stupid maybe, but not cowardly. - Bill Maher on calling the terrorists cowards.
 * This unsigned proposal was made by
 * 0 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 07:11, 5 September 2013 (UTC) 1 Kalki 23:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC) this might be acceptable as a QOTD on a date related to Maher, but I do not consider it an acceptable QOTD for any anniversary of the attack. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 07:11, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 4 Putting things into context, if the Americans in the Revolution had done the same in order to win, we would be celebrating their Bravery --JayStander 02:34, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I certainly believe this is definitely not the case at all. Only extremist bigots, aggressive nihilists, and other extreme fools supportive of their stupidities laud such murderous and destructive actions. Such extreme fools have historically very rarely comprised any major factions of any of the major cultures or societies of humankind. Humans are very often very bigoted about many diverse things — but very rarely that bigoted. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:11, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Men! The only animal in the world to fear! ~ D. H. Lawrence (born 11 September 1885, and a somewhat relevant statement in regard to 11 September 2001)
 * 2 Kalki 00:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 22:20, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles, military battles, civil strifes in government. And always one lesson stands out and that is, those whom you fight most passionately often turn out to be your best friends. ~ Ferdinand Marcos (born September 11)
 * 3 because fighting for the sake of fighting alone is a waste. Zarbon 04:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And in acting alone, accept everything alone. ~ Ferdinand Marcos (born September 11)
 * 3 because it takes courage to assume responsibility. Zarbon 04:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Palace of Crystal - Page 113 by Harry Davis - Political Science - 2007
 * 1 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 2.

There are many things we do not want in this world. Let us not just mourn them; let us change them. ~ Ferdinand Marcos (born September 11)
 * 3 because talking alone will not solve problems, actions sometimes speak louder than words. Zarbon 04:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 2.

We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death. ~ Ferdinand Marcos (born September 11)
 * 3 because a battle against terrorism is one that the entire planet is fighting. Zarbon 04:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC) with a lean to 4

Terrorism has no motherland and terrorists have no nationality. ~ Karen Demirchyan
 * 4 because a terrorist has no loyalty to any land and absolutely no loyalty to any people. Zarbon 04:08, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: BBC Archive - NewsBank - Oct 20, 1999
 * 1 because when I read the quote I get the sense that it can too easily be taken multiple ways. It can be saying that terrorists are people who fight only for themselves and their own greed, which I think is the speaker being a bit presumptuous or it can mean that terrorists are not all fighting for one country or one cause insinuating that fighting one country or cause won't get rid of them. --JayStander 07:54, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that's not what he's saying at all. Just to clear it up, the quotation is referring to how the act of terrorism belongs to no race and it automatically expels one from any living norms. Basically, it goes against terrorism in that it degrades the very being of a terrorist, to specify them by their actions and not their nationality, and insofar, degrade them heavily. It is definitely anti-terrorism. Zarbon 04:17, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

We don't know when this madness will end but I do know that god is speaking. I have to believe that in my heart, and I have to know that god will use even this tragedy, to shake up the world. ~ Unknown, (quoted from a video on 9/11)

 * 1 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC) Needs better sourcing
 * 2 Zarbon 22:04, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

The attacks of September 11 were intended to break our spirit, instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than every to live our lives in freedom. ~ Rudy Giuliani
 * 3 Kalki 13:42, 5 April 2009 (UTC) * 4 Kalki 22:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 22:04, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. ~ O. Henry
 * 2.5 Ningauble 00:26, 20 July 2009 (UTC) (with apologies for nominating a pun)
 * 2 Zarbon 17:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 16:49, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm not afraid of loving my enemies Turning the other cheek Blessing those that would curse me I honestly want peace with you But when you come against my country When you come against my family You try to destroy my people I can't just stand by There's no way that I can stand by This time, I will not stand by I am coming, and if I come, then pain is coming with me I'm coming, and pain will be with me ~ Kevin Young, frontman of the band Disciple
 * 3 Artofwar
 * 2 Kalki 02:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the wise also have the food, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor; because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all. ~ECCLESIASTES 9:11
 * 3 tab1of2 23:11, 1 September 2010 (EST)
 * 2 Kalki (talk · contributions) 19:02, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

It’s the end of the world. I was excited by the whole situation. Well, if everybody is going to die, die hard, shit, but what do I know. Is this an atomic bomb—the end of the world—the end of the millennium? No more fear of being fired—for typos or tardiness—digressions or recessions—and what a way of being fired—bursting into flames—without two weeks notice—and without six months of unemployment—and without sick leave, vacation, or comp time—without a word of what was to come—on a glorious morning—when nature ran indifferent to the course of man—there came a point when that sunny sky turned into a hellhole of a night—with papers, computers, windows, bricks, bodies falling, and people running and screaming. ~ Giannina Braschi in "United States of Banana" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UdS8DI-ks
 * improperly placed on page as if it were 2011 selection on 2011·09·13 by IP
 * 1 Kalki (talk · contributions) 23:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC) acceptable as a suggestion, but have no real interest in using this as QOTD.

I know you. I have heard of you all my life. I know now what a scourge you have been to your country. Instead of killing fools you have been murdering the youth and genius that are necessary to make a people live and grow great. You are a fool yourself... O. Henry
 * 3 bystander (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

We have come upon a phase of our history when ideals are only a veneer for greed and power, (in public and private affairs) when devotion to duty and dedication to a public trust are to be weighted at all times against private advantages and personal gain, and when loyalties can be traded. Ferdinand Marcos
 * 3 bystander (talk) 17:52, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Patriotism, a willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. ~ Bertrand Russell
 * 3 (Patriot Day, September 11) DanielTom (talk) 15:24, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 02:00, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

title: September 11


text:
October 11

October 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. ~ Benjamin Franklin
 * selected by Jimregan

 * 2004
 * I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me. All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet. ~ Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize of 2004)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * You always fall when you're training, that's sort of part of the process. If you're not falling, you're not training hard enough. ~ Michelle Trachtenberg (born 11 October 1985)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2006
 * It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (born 11 October 1884)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want — for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (born 11 October 1884)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Your true home is in the here and the now. It is not limited by time, space, nationality, or race. Your true home is not an abstract idea. It is something you can touch and live in every moment. With mindfulness and concentration, the energies of the Buddha, you can find your true home in the full relaxation of your mind and body in the present moment. No one can take it away from you. Other people can occupy your country, they can even put you in prison, but they cannot take away your true home and your freedom. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh (born 11 October 1926)
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2009
 * The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be "damned if you do, and damned if you don't." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * Children understand very well that in each woman, in each man, in each child, there is capacity of waking up, of understanding, and of loving. Many children have told me that they cannot show me anyone who does not have this capacity. Some people allow it to develop, and some do not, but everyone has it. This capacity of waking up, of being aware of what is going on in your feelings, in your body, in your perceptions, in the world, is called Buddha nature, the capacity of understanding and loving. Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is not by going out for a demonstration against nuclear missiles that we can bring about peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * proposed by Zarbon
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2018

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 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…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:
 * One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 * used 19 November 2003, selected by Kalki

 * A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 * used 1 July 2004, selected by Kalki

Suggestions
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt (date of birth)
 * 2 (the safe choice) ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 23:27, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 ~ Kalki 21:36, 8 October 2005 (UTC) a bit overused by many people... and often arguably untrue, or irrelevant.
 * 2 Zarbon 04:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Eleven Rules of Life:

RULE 1 Life is not fair - get used to it.

RULE 2 The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3 You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with car phone, until you earn both.

RULE 4 If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping they called it Opportunity.

RULE 6 If you mess up,it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

RULE 7 Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

RULE 8 Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9 Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10 Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11 Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

 * Charles Sykes's eleven rules of life, taken from his book "Dumbing Down Our Kids". These rules were also mentioned by Bill Gates when giving advice to some high school students.
 * Rating: 5
 * R160K 00:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

1) The quote is far too long for a Quote of the Day. 2) The person being quoted doesn't even have a page on Wikiquote. 3) This quote, with its hostile and dismissive tone, is unsuitable. 4) There seems to be no reason to associate the quote with this day. I'm guessing it was chosen because it has 11 rules and this is for the 11th. 5) There is no rating of 5. - InvisibleSun 16:43, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 1. There are a number of problems here:

 * 0 for the list as a whole, though I might rank some portions of the list higher on a date such as Sykes' birthday. There are actually 15 rules in the complete list, and Bill Gates is not known to have ever quoted any of them, though all eleven of those above are often attributed to him; see Snopes.com ~ Kalki 20:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 0 for the reasons already stated by Kalki and InvisibleSun. Zarbon 04:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Whatever you can do, do it today and then old age will be a delicious fruit. ~ Nhat Hanh
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people. ~ Nhat Hanh
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize. ~ Nhat Hanh
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. If we really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile? Our smile affirms our awareness and determination to live in peace and joy. The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. ~ Nhat Hanh
 * 2 Zarbon 04:23, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 19:54, 2 October 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:54, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

What makes a poet is, surely, the love of these things, a desperate search for the tiny ray of sunshine which used to flicker on the floor of a child’s bedroom. ~ François Mauriac (born 11 October 1885)
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 12:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children inhabit a voiceless hell. ~ François Mauriac (born 11 October 1885)
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 N6n 12:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Very little would have been needed for the tears of Judas to be allied in the memory of mankind with those of Peter. He might have become a saint, the patron of all of us who constantly betray Christ. ~ François Mauriac (born 11 October 1885)
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity. In the final analysis, a democratic government represents the sum total of the courage and the integrity of its individuals. It cannot be better than they are. … In the long run there is no more exhilarating experience than to determine one's position, state it bravely and then act boldly. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 N6n 12:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Reality is reality. It transcends every concept. There is no concept which can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh
 * 3 Kalki 16:55, 10 October 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 N6n 12:02, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Freedom became one of the beacon lights of my life and it has remained so ever since. Freedom with the passing of years transcended the mere freedom of my country and embraced freedom of man everywhere and from every sort of trammel—above all, it meant freedom of the human personality, freedom of the mind, freedom of the spirit. This freedom has become the passion of my life and I shall not see it compromised for bread, for security, for prosperity, for the glory of the state or for anything else. ~ Jayaprakash Narayan
 * 3 --ΞΔΞ (talk) 07:58, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

title: October 11


text:
November 11

November 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * All the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the eleventh month. It was during that minute in nineteen hundred and eighteen, that millions upon millions of human beings stopped butchering one another. I have talked to old men who were on battlefields during that minute. They have told me in one way or another that the sudden silence was the Voice of God. So we still have among us some men who can remember when God spoke clearly to mankind. ~ Kurt Vonnegut (born 11 November 1922)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains that victory. ~ George S. Patton, (born 11 November 1885)
 * proposed by MosheZadka

 * 2006
 * We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. ~ John McCrae ~
 * proposed by IP 65.110.28.123

 * 2007
 * A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or in the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. ~ Abigail Adams
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those they have slain. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2010
 * I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind. And it is just this faith of mine that they laugh at. But how can I help believing it? I have seen the truth — it is not as though I had invented it with my mind, I have seen it, seen it, and the living image of it has filled my soul for ever. I have seen it in such full perfection that I cannot believe that it is impossible for people to have it. And so how can I go wrong? I shall make some slips no doubt, and shall perhaps talk in second-hand language, but not for long: the living image of what I saw will always be with me and will always correct and guide me. Oh, I am full of courage and freshness, and I will go on and on if it were for a thousand years! Do you know, at first I meant to conceal the fact that I corrupted them, but that was a mistake — that was my first mistake! But truth whispered to me that I was lying, and preserved me and corrected me. But how establish paradise — I don't know, because I do not know how to put it into words. After my dream I lost command of words. All the chief words, anyway, the most necessary ones. But never mind, I shall go and I shall keep talking, I won't leave off, for anyway I have seen it with my own eyes, though I cannot describe what I saw. But the scoffers do not understand that. It was a dream, they say, delirium, hallucination. Oh! As though that meant so much! And they are so proud! A dream! What is a dream? And is not our life a dream? I will say more. Suppose that this paradise will never come to pass (that I understand), yet I shall go on preaching it. And yet how simple it is: in one day, in one hour everything could be arranged at once! The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted — you will find out at once how to arrange it all. And yet it's an old truth which has been told and retold a billion times — but it has not formed part of our lives! The consciousness of life is higher than life, the knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher than happiness — that is what one must contend against. And I shall. If only everyone wants it, it can be arranged at once. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky in The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too. Where's evil? It's that large part of every man that wants to hate without limit, that wants to hate with God on its side. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by bystander

 * 2013

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2014

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Ningauble

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki; This was used once before, 14 years ago, in 2004, as the first QOTD for this date, but it is probably even more appropriate to use once again, on this centennial of that historical event of 1918.

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of Armistice Day/Veteran's Day/Rememberance Day — one of Kipling's epitaphs regarding various archetypal figures of World War I.

 * 2023

 * proposed by DanielTom

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ~ Abigail Adams, born that day

 * 3 Kalki 08:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. ~ Yasser Arafat, died that day

 * 1 Kalki 08:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC) No real desire to use this on "Remembrance Day/Armistice Day/Veteran's Day"
 * 1 but 4 if this is used on another date. Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Fossil, you are mimicing my comments far too much, along with my initial votes. Please refrain from doing so. Zarbon 15:28, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

 * In Flanders fields the poppies blow
 * Between the crosses, row on row,
 * That mark our place; and in the sky
 * The larks, still bravely singing, fly
 * Scarce heard amid the guns below.

 * We are the Dead. Short days ago
 * We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
 * Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
 * In Flanders fields.  (This portion was used in 2006)

 * Take up our quarrel with the foe:
 * To you from failing hands we throw
 * The torch; be yours to hold it high.
 * If ye break faith with us who die
 * We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
 * In Flanders fields.

-John McCrae, poem written during World War I, recited during Remembrance Day Ceremonies on Nov 11, normally in countries from the 'then British Empire'.
 * 4 ~ If the whole poem is deemed too long, perhaps only the second and/or final paragraphs should be used. I don't think this has been used before. --(Person who suggested the quote but is not a registered user.) :
 * 3 ~ Kalki 23:59, 10 November 2005 (UTC) (for portions of this, not the whole poem)
 * 2. The second stanza was previously used in QotD. InvisibleSun 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 4 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:59, 10 November 2020 (UTC) for the 3rd stanza, this year (2020)

The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don’t acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Lyle 20:26, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

So it goes. ~ Kurt Vonnegut, recurring statement whenever someone or something dies in Slaughterhouse-Five
 * 3 Lyle 20:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:50, 10 November 2014 (UTC) with a mild lean toward an 4.

Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally there are still others which a man is even afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has a considerable number of such things stored away. That is, one can even say that the more decent he is, the greater the number of such things in his mind. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky (born November 11, 1821, N.S.)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Inventors and geniuses have almost always been looked on as no better than fools at the beginning of their career, and very frequently at the end of it also. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 08:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 3 because the representation of man in history has been built into this quote. Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. ~ George S. Patton
 * Freddyclaw 4:56, December 18 2007
 * 3 because this is a good quote. The fact that men of this caliber lived should never be forgotten. Zarbon 06:09, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC) I will probably rank this a 3 or 4 at some other time, but not this year.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

The man who sailed around his soul From East to West, from pole to pole With ego as his drunken captain Greed, the mutineer, had trapped all reason in the hold ~ Andy Partridge
 * 3 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines. ~ Daniel Daly
 * 3 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you, will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be handicapped to be different. Everyone is different! ~ Kim Peek
 * 3 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

All is interrelated. Heaven and earth, air and water. All are but one thing; not four, not two and not three, but one. Where they are not together, there is only an incomplete piece. ~ Paracelsus
 * 2 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Practice humility at first with man and only then before God. He who despises man, has also no respect for God. ~ Paracelsus
 * 2 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy. ~ Paracelsus
 * 4 because too much of anything becomes poison. Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

 * 2 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it. ~ Jonathan Winters
 * 2 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. ~ Jonathan Winters
 * 2 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it! ~ Jonathan Winters
 * 2 Zarbon 03:59, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 14:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe. ~ Abigail Adams
 * 3 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Zarbon 14:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. ~ Abigail Adams
 * 3 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 Zarbon 14:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime, Trying to take this all in, I've got one, two, three, four, five Senses working overtime, Trying to taste the difference, 'Tween the lemons and limes, The pain and the pleasure, And the church bells softly chime. ~ Andy Partridge ~
 * 3 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 far too repetitive. This is obviously the person's writing style. Zarbon 14:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I wonder wonder why the wonder falls I wonder why the wonder falls on me I wonder wonder why the wonder falls With everything I touch and hear and see ~ Andy Partridge ~
 * 3 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 I don't particularly like the triple repetition here. Zarbon 14:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton of all the Nobel prizes that I've never won, and I may be the Mayor of Simpleton, but I know one things and that's I love you. ~ Andy Partridge ~
 * 3 Kalki 14:00, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 14:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 21:25, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, now, life, life! I lifted up my hands and called upon eternal truth, not with words, but with tears; ecstasy, immeasurable ecstasy flooded my soul. Yes, life and spreading the good tidings! Oh, I at that moment resolved to spread the tidings, and resolved it, of course, for my whole life. I go to spread the tidings, I want to spread the tidings — of what? Of the truth, for I have seen it, have seen it with my own eyes, have seen it in all its glory. ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky in The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 00:42, 2 November 2010 (UTC) * 4 Kalki 17:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC) but also considering this as but a start of a more extensive quote of one, or perhaps even both of the passages suggested above, from the end of the same work.

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:11, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

''From little towns in a far land we came, To save our honour and a world aflame. By little towns in a far land we sleep, And trust the world we won for you to keep.''

~ Rudyard Kipling ~

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:07, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:51, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

title: November 11


text:
December 11

December 11 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2003
 * Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps. ~ Emo Phillips
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2004
 * I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another. ~ Ellen Goodman
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (born 11 December 1918)
 * proposed by UDScott

 * 2006
 * In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim — that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people. ~ George Mason
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2007
 * Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily interwoven with falsehood. Between them lies the most intimate, the deepest of natural bonds. Violence finds its only refuge in falsehood, falsehood its only support in violence. Any man who has once acclaimed violence as his METHOD must inexorably choose falsehood as his PRINCIPLE. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all that is evil in the world. ~ Max Born (born 11 December 1882)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2010
 * Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure. ~ George Mason
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * There are metaphysical problems, which cannot be disposed of by declaring them meaningless. For, as I have repeatedly said, they are "beyond physics" indeed and demand an act of faith. We have to accept this fact to be honest. There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that "belief" must be discarded and replaced by "the scientific method." ~ Max Born
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2020

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by Zarbon

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Oh, Be A Fine Girl - Kiss Me! ~ Mnemonic for remembering the star classification established by Annie Jump Cannon, born that day
 * 2 ~ UDScott 23:09, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 23:35, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 16:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Sins are not forgiven to anyone, unless when the priest forgives them he believes they are forgiven. ~ Pope Leo X (born December 11, 1475)
 * 3 Zarbon 05:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 00:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Nobody can teach you love. Love you have to find yourself, within your being, by raising your consciousness to higher levels. ~ Osho (born December 11, 1931)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:37, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake? `John Kerry, Testimony before subcommittees of the U.S. Senate, April, 1971 (this is his birthday)
 * 3 Matchups 20:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 06:08, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:44, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 00:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden — you can do it with such tremendous love and compassion, you can do it with the hands of a buddha. There is no contradiction … I say unto you, your every act should be a ceremony. ~ Osho
 * 3 Kalki 00:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 Zarbon 05:12, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle. ~ Osho
 * 3 Kalki 00:02, 11 December 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 05:12, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint. ~ George Mason
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 20:47, 7 December 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

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January 12

January 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * Dignity does not come in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ~ Aristotle
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago. ~ Horace Mann
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. ~ Edmund Burke (born 12 January 1729)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2007
 * Society is indeed a contract... it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are to be born. ~ Edmund Burke
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2008
 * Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. ~ Edmund Burke (born 12 January 1729)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2009
 * We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature, and the means perhaps of its conservation. ~ Edmund Burke
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe. ~ Edmund Burke
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2011
 * The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. ~ Edmund Burke
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal. ~ Swami Vivekananda (born 12 January 1863)
 * proposed by Vivek Sarma R

 * 2013

 * proposed by Ningauble

 * 2014

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2017

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2020

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki; remarks of a former US President on major current issues and events.

 * 2022

 * proposed by Kalki

2023

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

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. ~ Edmund Burke (born 12 January 1729)
 * 3 Kalki 23:29, 9 January 2007 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 18:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I take toleration to be a part of religion. I do not know which I would sacrifice; I would keep them both: it is not necessary that I should sacrifice either. ~ Edmund Burke
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:07, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:01, 12 January 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 18:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I think that women are wonderful but I've never met one yet who didn't show more feeling than logic. ~ Hermann Göring (born January 12)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:35, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 120
 * 1 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC) I would say the same is true of any man, even those who presume themselves most logical.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Every bullet which leaves the barrel of a police pistol now is my bullet. If one calls this murder, then I have murdered: I ordered all this. I back it up. I assume the responsibility, and I am not afraid to do so. ~ Hermann Göring (born January 12)
 * 3 because courage to admit and take responsibility is an admirable quality. Zarbon 04:35, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat. ~ Hermann Göring (born January 12)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:35, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused. ~ Hermann Göring (born January 12)
 * 4 because next to the victor, the weak shall be the vanquished. A magnificent narrative of Darwinism, where the strong survive and the weak perish. Zarbon 17:08, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC) Sometimes there are victories where no one is vanquished, but ignorance and delusion are, and sometimes there are victories with no victors, and ignorance and confusion seem to reign supreme in the affairs of humankind. Reality is the ultimate judge of all, and it is neither victor, for there are none who can truly oppose it, nor is it ever vanquished by fools who pit themselves against much of what they can perceive of it — it simply IS what it IS — and includes all the efforts, defeats and triumphs of mortal minds as a subordinate part of itself — it is not a subordinate part of them.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

You could not claim for yourself that which you were not prepared to grant others. ~ Pieter Willem Botha (born January 12)
 * 3 because giving and claiming are all a nicely knit package of morality, compensation isn't always had. Zarbon 03:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong. ~ Pieter Willem Botha (born January 12)
 * 2 because sometimes thinking too much of one's own errors would cause further errors, like a chain reaction, so to speak. Zarbon 03:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 15:22, 6 January 2009 (UTC) or sometimes it might actually result in a greater level of enlightenment than that which is ever held by those so arrogant and presumptuous that they refuse to wonder if they perhaps might be wrong about things. No one wise can ever truly condone such levels of arrogance and presumption.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 00:32, 11 January 2015 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:04, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

title: January 12


text:
February 12

February 12 Quotes of the day from previous years:

 * 2004
 * If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity. ~ John F. Kennedy
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2005
 * The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. ~ Arthur Miller (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki

 * 2006
 * Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. ~ Abraham Lincoln (born 12 February 1809)
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2007
 * We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2008
 * Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. ~ Charles Darwin (born 12 February 1809)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2009
 * With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2010
 * I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2011
 * It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings. It is the same principle in whatever shape it develops itself. It is the same spirit that says, "You toil and work and earn bread, and I'll eat it." No matter in what shape it comes, whether from the mouth of a king who seeks to bestride the people of his own nation and live by the fruit of their labor, or from one race of men as an apology for enslaving another race, it is the same tyrannical principle. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2012
 * Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2013

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2014

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2015

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2016

 * proposed by Illegitimate Barrister

 * 2017

 * proposed by Pithy Francoln

 * 2018

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2019

 * proposed by DanielTom

 * 2020

 * proposed by Liquidice5

 * 2021

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2022

 * proposed by InvisibleSun

 * 2023

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2024

 * proposed by Kalki

 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

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

 * 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
 * used 7 January 2005, selected by Kalki

 * In a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * used 19 November 2005, proposed by MosheZadka

 * There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. ~ Charles Darwin, in The Origin of Species, published 24 November 1859
 * used 24 November 2005, proposed by UDScott

 * If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * used 16 June 2006, selected by Kalki

 * Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This our convention understood to be the most oppressive of all kingly oppressions, and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * used 15 February 2008, proposed by Jeff Q

 * Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better chance of surviving, for, of the many individuals of any species which are periodically born, but a small number can survive. I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. ~ Charles Darwin
 * Used 27 December 2020, proposed by Kalki, in relation to Darwin's embarking on his "Voyage of the Beagle" on the 27th of December in 1831.

Suggestions
He defended and praised slavery, which I abominated, and told me that he had just visited a great slave-owner, who had called up many of his slaves and asked them whether they were happy, and whether they wished to be free, and all answered "No." I then asked him, perhaps with a sneer, whether he thought that the answer of slaves in the presence of their master was worth anything? ~ Charles Darwin
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 (strongly leaning to 4) allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we pay for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. ~ George Meredith (born February 12, 1828)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 18:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 23:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 22:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I would not have believed such an inferno could open up on earth. Men died but they did not retreat. ~ Vasily Chuikov (born February 12)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:07, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * SOURCE: Europe in Our Time, 1914 to the Present - Page 571 by Robert Reinhold Ergang -Europe - 1948
 * 2 Kalki 17:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

He who knows the truth and does not speak it is a miserable coward. - Julius Streicher
 * 3 Zarbon 16:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 17:18, 11 February 2009 (UTC) The statement is a great one, but the speaker is a miserable fool and hypocrite, and cowardly in ways he cannot even perceive, and that is the Truth.
 * Why would you judge the person? See, what you should be doing is judging the quotes, not the people who say them...this isn't opinionpedia, it's qotd...whether or not I like the people saying the quotes is beyond the point here. But, for the record, I don't judge any man as a coward or a fool. In fact, I don't believe in that word "coward". Anyone who can actually formulate a well-established thought such as this one is great to me. And I let that be my only guiding principle. If words are power, then judge words. - Zarbon 05:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I perceive many circumstances — of words, meanings, people and the correspondence, or lack of them, between their words, meanings and their actions, and I assess many forms of foolishness, cowardice and hypocrisy to be at work in many minds — as well as many forms of wisdom, courage, and profound fairness. I honestly state that I am simply not inclined to rate so often (but not always) true a statement as a desirable selection as a quote of the day when enunciated by a person of so foul and profoundly brutal a disposition. It is only a relatively minor quibble that it is not literally true in all instances, for many are the truths that courageous people can be willing to hide or even on some occasions deny, for the sake of far greater sense of truly vital virtues than can arise with any merely mechanistic formulations or semblance of them.

 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:09, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC) (I know nothing about the man who came up with the quote.)

This is essentially a people's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men — to lift artificial weights from their shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all; to afford all an unfettered start, and a fair chance in the race of life. Yielding to partial and temporary departures, from necessity, this is the leading object of the government for whose existence we contend. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * 1 allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others. When I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 15:47, 6 February 2010 (UTC) * 4 Kalki (talk · contributions) 14:30, 3 February 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 (leaning toward 2) allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of brute force. I am inclined to look at everything as resulting from designed laws, with the details, whether good or bad, left to the working out of what we may call chance. ~ Charles Darwin
 * 3 Suggested by bystander 22:08, 11 February 2012 (UTC) (with a strong lean towards 4).
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 2 allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act. ~ Charles Darwin
 * 3 Suggested by bystander 22:08, 11 February 2012 (UTC) (with a strong lean towards 4).
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌Kalki ⚚⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 01:42, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 4 allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)

I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. ~ Abraham Lincoln
 * proposed by anonymous
 * While I in no way endorse the sentiment in this quote, I wish to argue for this quote's inclusion on the grounds that people tend not to be aware that the real Lincoln was not nearly as noble as he is often construed to be. As this quote demonstrates, Lincoln was a racist, not an egalitarian; a collectivist, not an individualist.  He does not deserve our worship, nor does any other president.  3 (strongly leaning to 4) allixpeeke (talk) 01:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)\
 * 0. I would give it a negative score if I could. Is this a joke? Taken completely out of context. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:41, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:42, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:45, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister 19:45, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 3.25. – Illegitimate Barrister 15:04, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 3.25. – Illegitimate Barrister 22:41, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

 * 4. – Illegitimate Barrister, 09:44, 20 September 2015 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 22:24, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister, 22:24, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

 * 3. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs) 04:42, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

title: February 12