June 29
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Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read. ~ Karl Kraus
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (born 29 June 1900)
- proposed by MosheZadka
- 2006
- Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- proposed by Kalki
- 2007
- "Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- proposed by Kalki
- 2008
- Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- What makes the desert beautiful … is that somewhere it hides a well. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in The Little Prince
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
What though our eyes with tears be wet?
The sunrise never failed us yet.The blush of dawn may yet restore
Our light and hope and joy once more.
Sad soul, take comfort, nor forget
That sunrise never failed us yet!~ Celia Thaxter ~
- proposed by Zarbon
- 2011
- The heart of God through his creation stirs,
We thrill to feel it, trembling as the flowers
That die to live again, — his messengers,
To keep faith firm in these sad souls of ours.The waves of Time may devastate our lives,
The frosts of age may check our failing breath,
They shall not touch the spirit that survives
Triumphant over doubt and pain and death.~ Celia Thaxter ~
- proposed by Kalki
- 2012
| It is another of the miraculous things about mankind that there is no pain nor passion that does not radiate to the ends of the earth. Let a man in a garret but burn with enough intensity and he will set fire to the world. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2013
| To be a man is to be responsible: to be ashamed of miseries you did not cause; to be proud of your comrades' victories; to be aware, when setting one stone, that you are building a world. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
| To love is not to look at one another: it is to look, together, in the same direction. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2015
| Confuse not love with the raptures of possession, which bring the cruelest of sufferings. For, notwithstanding the general opinion, love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love's opposite. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2016
| The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2017
| Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded. These prison walls that this age of trade has built up round us, we can break down. We can still run free, call to our comrades, and marvel to hear once more, in response to our call, the impassioned chant of the human voice. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
Ranking system:
- 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used. (This is the utmost ranking and should be used only for one quote at a time, per person, for each date.)
- 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
- 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
- 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
- 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.
Suggestions[edit]
Already the dandelions
Are changed into vanishing ghosts. ~ Celia Thaxter
- 3 Zarbon 04:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 18:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:15, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
- 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry
- 3 Kalki (talk · contributions) 03:29, 22 June 2010 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
- 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:57, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
| To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world. |
| ~ Antoine de Saint Exupéry ~ |
