June 21
2004
- With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. ~ Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
- selected by Kalki
2005
- Life has no meaning a priori...It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre (born 21 June 1905)
- proposed by MosheZadka
2006
- Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior. ~ Mary McCarthy (born 21 June 1912)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling… ~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass (Solstice date 2007)
- proposed by Kalki
2008
- Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~ (born 21 June 1892)- proposed by Ningauble
2010
Suggestions
This date is usually that of the Summer solstice for most locations in the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter solstice in the Southern.----
If someone tells you he is going to make "a realistic decision", you immediately understand that he is going to do something bad. ~ Mary McCarthy
- 2 Kalki 19:50, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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To be disesteemed by people you don’t have much respect for is not the worst fate. ~ Mary McCarthy
- 2 Kalki 19:50, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 21:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 04:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty; it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils. ~ Mary McCarthy
- 3 InvisibleSun 21:58, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
- 2 ~ Kalki 21:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC) I am more inclined to use something relating to the solstice, at least for this year.
- 2 Zarbon 04:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. ... To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 3 Kalki 21:23, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:36, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 04:22, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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O great wide beautiful wonderful World
With the wonderful waters around you curled
And the beautiful grass upon your breast
O World you are beautifully dressed. ~ John Crowley
- 2.5 Ningauble 16:52, 18 November 2008 (UTC) (suggested for the solstice, doggerel though it be)
- 3 Kalki 22:57, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. ~ Reinhold Niebuhr (date of birth)
- 3 Ningauble 17:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 22:58, 20 June 2009 (UTC)