November 12

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Quotes of the day from previous years:

2003
The Enlightened take things Lightly. ~ Principia Discordia
2004
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. ~ Thomas Carlyle
2005
Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and centre your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements. ~ Bahá'u'lláh (born 12 November 1817)
2006
No matter how much women prefer to lean, to be protected and supported, nor how much men desire to have them do so, they must make the voyage of life alone, and for safety in an emergency they must know something of the laws of navigation. ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton (born 12 November 1815)
2007
We sail across dominions barely seen, washed by the swells of time. We plow through fields of magnetism. Past and future come together on thunderheads and our dead hearts live with lightning in the wounds of the Gods. ~ Norman Mailer (recent death)
2008

[edit] Suggestions

I'm sleeping like a baby, too. Every two hours, I wake up, screaming. ~ Colin Powell, resigned that day.

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  • 2 Kalki 08:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
  • 1 Zarbon 06:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Justice and equity are twin Guardians that watch over men. From them are revealed such blessed and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being of the world and the protection of the nations. ~ Bahá'u'lláh, born that day

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In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. ~ Harry Blackmun, born that day

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It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. ~ Bahá'u'lláh (date of birth)

  • 3 Kalki 08:53, 9 November 2007 (UTC) (proposed but without signature on 2005-11-11T16:06:54)
  • 3 InvisibleSun 20:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • 3 Zarbon 06:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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