June 26
2004
- It is circumstances which show what men are. ~ Epictetus
- selected by Kalki
2005
- The sons of torture victims make good terrorists. ~ André Malraux
- proposed by MosheZadka, for United Nations' International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, (26 June 2005)
2006
- For the future, let all people live in harmony ... Men should be taught and won over by reason, not by blows, insults, and corporal punishments. ~ Julian (died 26 June 363)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Fate ... is not the blind superstition or helplessness that waits stupidly for what may happen. Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance. ~ Pearl S. Buck (born 26 June 1892)
- selected by Kalki
2008
- Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless. ~ Pearl S. Buck
- proposed by Zarbon
2009
- Heal the world, make it a better place,
For you and for me and the entire human race,
There are people dying, but if you care enough for the living,
Make a better place for you and for me.
~ Michael Jackson ~ (recent death)- proposed by Kalki
Suggestions
An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls — even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls — without discovering sooner or later that they are still a prison cell. ~ Pearl S. Buck- 4 because a prison cell's a prison cell, regardless of what the physical camouflage may be. Zarbon 05:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 22:09, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
* 3 Kalki 19:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)tactical reduction of this one in favor of others. - 3 InvisibleSun 20:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
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Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. ~ Pearl S. Buck
- 3 because the elderly are moreso amused rather than shocked, and perhaps Buck is right about this, whether it be based on experience, or wisdom, the elderly are more understanding of their surroundings. Zarbon 05:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 19:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
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Order is the shape upon which beauty depends. ~ Pearl S. Buck
- 3 because beauty cannot be maintained if there is no order. One who loses order, eventually loses one's own beauty...and someone without order and beauty alike is given to misery. Zarbon 05:56, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 19:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
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Live while you live, the epicure would say,
And seize the pleasures of the present day;
Live while you live, the sacred preacher cries,
And give to God each moment as it flies.
Lord, in my views, let both united be:
I live in pleasure when I live to thee.
~ Philip Doddridge
- 2 Zarbon 03:49, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 19:09, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 20:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
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Awake, my soul! stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.
~ Philip Doddridge ~
- 3 Kalki 09:43, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 02:39, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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The young do not know enough to be prudent, and so they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. ~ Pearl S. Buck
- 4 Kalki 23:29, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 18:54, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
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