March 4
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair. ~ Winston Churchill
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it. ~ Knute Rockne (born 4 March 1888)
- selected by Kalki
- 2006
- There was a young fellow from Trinity,
Who took the square root of infinity.
But the number of digits, Gave him the fidgets;
He dropped Math and took up Divinity.
~ George Gamow ~ (born 4 March 1904)- selected by Kalki
- 2007
- In all living nature (and perhaps also in that which we consider as dead) love is the motive force which drives the creative activity in the most diverse directions. ~ P. D. Ouspensky (born 4 March 1878)
- selected by Kalki
- 2008
- Philosophy is based on speculation, on logic, on thought, on the synthesis of what we know and on the analysis of what we do not know. Philosophy must include within its confines the whole content of science, religion and art. ~ P. D. Ouspensky
- selected by Kalki
- 2009
[edit] Suggestions
The greatest barrier to consciousness is the belief that one is already conscious. ~ P. D. Ouspensky
I've found that the chief difficulty for most people was to realize that they had really heard new things: that is things that they had never heard before. They kept translating what they heard into their habitual language. They had ceased to hope and believe there might be anything new. ~ P. D. Ouspensky
