August 26 Quotations

Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. ~ Emma by Jane Austen

selected by Nanobug

2004

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassions, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. ~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

selected by Kalki

2005

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. ~ John Buchan (born 26 August 1875)

proposed by Kalki

2006

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. ~ John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir

proposed by Kalki

2007

Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failure of our neighbors but their successes. ~ John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

proposed by Kalki

2008

I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it. ~ Christopher Isherwood

proposed by InvisibleSun

2009

If you can't see God in All, You can't see God at All. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

proposed by Zarbon

2010

Suggestions

If those lessons are truly learned, then Columbia's crew will have made an indelible contribution to the endeavor each one valued so greatly. ~ CAIB report volume I, released 26 August 2003

3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 07:37, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
2 ~ lacking context as presented. I might rank an extended version of it higher, but am not really inclined toward it.
1 Zarbon 16:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
1 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me. ~ Christopher Isherwood

3 InvisibleSun 04:56, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
2 Kalki 19:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 16:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right. ~ John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

3 Kalki 19:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 19:45, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
2 Zarbon 16:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. ~ John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

3 Kalki 19:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 19:45, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
1 Zarbon 16:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

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Once again the crust of civilization has worn thin, and beneath can be heard the muttering of primeval fires. Once again many accepted principles of government have been overthrown, and the world has become a laboratory where immature and feverish minds experiment with unknown forces. Once again problems cannot be comfortably limited, for science has brought the nations into an uneasy bondage to each other. ~ John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir

3 Kalki 19:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 19:45, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
1 Zarbon

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Tomorrow always becomes today and yesterday is always gone. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

3 because nothing stays forever. Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
1 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
1 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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Happiness comes out of contentment, and contentment always comes out of service. ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi

3 and a step further, service comes from loyalty. Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ~ Mother Teresa

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love. ~ Mother Teresa

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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I see God in every human being. When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the Lord himself. Is it not a beautiful experience? ~ Mother Teresa

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~ Mother Teresa

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
3 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come.We have only today. ~ Mother Teresa

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
2 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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The snail lives the way I like to live; he carries his own home with him. ~ Julio Cortázar

2 Zarbon 06:08, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
2 Kalki 23:58, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
3 InvisibleSun 22:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

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