November 16
2004
- When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. ~ Jimi Hendrix
- selected by Kalki
2005
- From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen. ~ Robert Nozick, (born 16 November 1938)
- proposed by UDScott
2006
- We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against ourselves. ~ Alan Watts (died 16 November 1973)
- proposed by UDScott
2007
- We must face problems which do not lend themselves to easy or quick or permanent solutions. And we must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we are only six percent of the world's population, that we cannot impose our will upon the other ninety-four percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem. ~ John F. Kennedy, (Speech made on 16 November 1961)
- proposed by Jeff Q
2008
- You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break. ~ Chinua Achebe (born 16 November 1930)
- proposed by Ningauble
2009
Suggestions
What if, on a crowded street, you look up and see something appear that should not, given what we know, be there. The person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway to another place. If you choose to go inside you may find many unexpected things. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto (date of birth)- Quote found at: Miyamoto Shrine
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2 InvisibleSun 23:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)- 3 Kalki 09:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 06:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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The real historical entity that is becoming imminent is the human soul. The monkey body has served to carry us to this moment of release, and it will always serve as a focus of self-image, but we are coming more and more to exist in a world made by the human imagination. ~ Terence McKenna
- 3 Kalki 09:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC) Though McKenna often rambles with all manner of radical or trivial conjectures, and I find many of his pronouncements, like some by Timothy Leary, bizarre or irresponsible, I yet find there are also often kernels of significant truth and important ideas among them as well. I did not add him to the suggestions earlier today because I did not have time to fully scan much of my material on him, but want to have at least a few suggestions ready for next year.
- 1 Zarbon 06:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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There is a spiritual obligation, there is a task to be done. It is not, however, something as simple as following a set of somebody else’s rules. ... We intellectuals are trapped in a world of too much information. Innocence is gone for us. We cannot expect to cross the rainbow bridge through a good act of contrition; that will not be sufficient. We have to understand. ~ Terence McKenna
- 3 Kalki 09:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 06:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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There is no dualism in the world of light. The conventions of relativity say that time slows down as one approaches the speed of light, but if one tries to imagine the point of view of a thing made of light, one must realize that what is never mentioned is that if one moves at the speed of light there is no time whatsoever. ... One exists in eternity, one has become eternal ... One is then apart from the moving image; one exists in the completion of eternity. ~ Terence McKenna
- 3 Kalki 09:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 06:33, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity. ~ Nnamdi Azikiwe
- 3 Zarbon 06:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 17:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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No matter how old an individual may be, no matter if he is young or old, if he thinks in accordance with the times, he is immortal. ~ Nnamdi Azikiwe
- 4 Zarbon 06:20, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 17:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 22:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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Pray assign me any part in the government you please; but remember that no single man can bear the whole burden of Empire — I need a colleague, or perhaps several colleagues. ~ Tiberius
- 3 Zarbon 06:28, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 17:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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Life is like a trumpet. If you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out. ~ W. C. Handy
- 3 Zarbon 06:28, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 17:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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The real truth that dare not speak itself is that no one is in control, absolutely no one. This stuff is ruled by the equations of dynamics and chaos. There may be entities seeking control, but to seek control is to take enormous aggravation upon yourself. It's like trying to control a dream. ~ Terence McKenna
- 3 Kalki 17:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 03:10, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 22:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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We're playing with half a deck as long as we tolerate that the cardinals of government and science should dictate where human curiousity can legitimately send its attention and where it can not. ~ Terence McKenna
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