February 18
2004
- What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts. ~ George Bernard Shaw
- selected by Kalki
2005 : Teachers are those who use themselves as bridges, over which they invite their students to cross; then having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create bridges of their own. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis (born 18 February 1883)
- selected by Kalki
2006 : At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that happens — that letting go — you let go because you can. ~ Toni Morrison (born 18 February 1931)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- The doors of heaven and hell are adjacent and identical. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- proposed by User:Kalki
2008
- My prayer is not the whimpering of a beggar nor a confession of love. Nor is it the petty reckoning of a small tradesman: Give me and I shall give you. My prayer is the report of a soldier to his general: This is what I did today, this is how I fought to save the entire battle in my own sector, these are the obstacles I encountered, this is how I plan to fight tomorrow. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- The heart unites whatever the mind separates, pushes on beyond the arena of necessity and transmutes the struggle into love. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published for the first time)- proposed by user Sir John Alexander Macdonald
- 0 Kalki 19:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
2 Kalki 23:38, 17 February 2006 (UTC) I would rank this higher with a stronger date tie-in, but I don't believe it's actually from Huckleberry FinnI had suspected this wasn't Twain, but was pretty certain that it wasn't from Huckleberry Finn; as JeffQ's research below indicates there is no reason to accept Twain as the author of this. - 0 Jeff Q (talk) 04:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC), unless we can find the correct source. Neither Wikisource nor Project Gutenberg, both of which include Huckleberry Finn, appear to have any Twain work with both the words "belittle" and "ambitions", so we can't even confirm Twain said it, let alone the appropriateness of this date.
- 0 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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You forgot the first rule of the fanatic: when you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy. ~ Michael O'Hare as "Jeffrey Sinclair", Babylon 5 episode "Infection" (first aired 18 February 1994)
- 2 Jeff Q (talk) 04:51, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 because this is true. Many times opponents have become the very thing they hate. I like this quote. Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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The highest point a man can obtain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe! ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- 3 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis OR perhaps a variant translation of this "I expect nothing. I fear no one. I am free."
- 3 Kalki 19:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 11:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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Where are we going? Do not ask! Ascend, descend. There is no beginning and no end. Only this present moment exists, full of bitterness, full of sweetness, and I rejoice in it all. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- 3 Kalki 10:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Zarbon 05:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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I choose the ascending path because my heart drives me toward it. "Upward! Upward! Upward!" my heart shouts, and I follow it trustingly. ~ Nikos Kazantzakis
- 3 Kalki 10:39, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:17, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 05:34, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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