October 12
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ~ Christopher Reeve
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Tragedy blows through your life like a tornado, uprooting everything, creating chaos. You wait for the dust to settle, and then you choose. You can live in the wreckage and pretend it's still the mansion you remember. Or you can crawl from the rubble and slowly rebuild. ~ Kristen Bell as "Veronica" in Veronica Mars episode "Meet John Smith" (originally aired 12 October 2004)
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2006
- I have always read that the world, both land and water, was spherical, as the authority and researches of Ptolemy and all the others who have written on this subject demonstrate and prove, as do the eclipses of the moon and other experiments that are made from east to west, and the elevation of the North Star from north to south. ~ Christopher Columbus
- selected by Kalki
- 2007
- Everything abstract is ultimately part of the concrete. Everything inanimate finally serves the living. That is why every activity dealing in abstraction stands in ultimate service to a living whole. ~ Edith Stein
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
[edit] Suggestions
It would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the Church is a human institution and like all things human, was destined to change and evolve; likewise, its development takes place often in the form of struggles. Most of the definitions of dogma are conclusive results of preceding intellectual conflicts lasting for decades and even centuries. The same is true of ecclesiastical law, liturgical forms — especially all objective forms reflecting our spiritual life. ~ Edith Stein (born October 12, 1891)
- 4 InvisibleSun 07:43, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 04:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 08:18, 10 October 2007 (UTC) I feel this is too sectarian in tone for a QOTD; I would prefer to extend it's beginning and not include the intricacies of the last couple sentences:
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- The concept which assumes that everything in the Church is irrevocably set for all times appears to me to be a false one. It would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the Church is a human institution and like all things human, was destined to change and evolve; likewise, its development takes place often in the form of struggles.
- But though I like this form better, and like the statement itself, I tend to feel there is still probably too much focus on specifically sectarian issues for it to be an ideal QOTD.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. ~ Aleister Crowley
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.
Love is the law, love under will.
~ Aleister Crowley ~
Magick is the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will. ~ Aleister Crowley
I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle. ~ Aleister Crowley
