June 27
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. ~ Lillian Smith
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- There are ... some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth. ~ Emma Goldman (born 27 June 27 1869)
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2006
- The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, — the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience. Tolerance is the first principal of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)
- proposed by User:Kalki
- 2007
- A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. ~ Helen Keller (born June 27 1880)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2008
[edit] Suggestions
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)
- 3 Kalki 20:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
The bulk of the world’s knowledge is an imaginary construction. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)
- 3 Kalki 20:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond the senses. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)
- 3 Kalki 20:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- 3 and I have always believed in Keller's abilities when blind. One needs not see with eyes in order to understand and Keller proves it through this quote. I love this one. Zarbon 04:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
