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
- 2005
- One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than fifty preaching it. ~
Knute Rockne
(born 4 March 1888)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 2009
- When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others. ~
Julia Cameron
- 2010
- I honor my importance and the importance of others. None of us is dispensable, none of us is replacable. In the chorus of life each of us brings a True Note, a perfect pitch that adds to the harmony of the whole. I act creatively and consciously to actively endorse and encourage the expansion of those whose lives I touch. Believing in the goodness of each, I add to the goodness of all. We bless each other even in passing. ~
Julia Cameron
- 2011
- The idea of "crime" in existing criminology is artificial, for what is called crime is really an infringement of "existing laws", whereas "laws" are very often a manifestation of barbarism and violence. Such are the prohibiting laws of different kinds which abound in modern life. The number of these laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm. On the other hand, unquestionable crimes escape the field of vision of criminology, either because they have not recognized the form of crime or because they surpass a certain scale. In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe, but there is no concept of a criminal
state
, or a criminal
government
, or criminal
legislation
. Consequently what is often regarded as "political" activity is in fact a criminal activity. ~
P. D. Ouspensky
- 2012
- Focused on our
good
, focused on our abundance we
naturally
attract more of the same. This is spiritual
law
. Our
consciousness
is
creative
. What we focus on, we
empower
and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The
choice
is ours: Which do we want more of? ~
Julia Cameron
- 2013
We know that with the very first awakening of
knowledge
,
man
is confronted with two obvious
facts
:
The existence of the
world
in which he lives; and the existence of psychic
life
in
himself
.
Neither of these can he
prove
or disprove, but they are
facts
: they constitute
reality
for him.
|
~
P. D. Ouspensky
~
|
- 2014
Creativity
? like
human
life
itself ? begins in
darkness
. We
need
to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of
light
: "And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!" It is
true
that insights may come to us as flashes. It is true that some of these flashes may be blinding. It is, however, also true that such bright
ideas
are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely
necessary
.
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~
Julia Cameron
~
|
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
Perfectionism
is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that
nothing
we do will ever be
good
enough ? that we should try again. No. We should not.
Focused on process, our
creative
life
retains a sense of adventure. Focused on product, the same creative life can
feel
foolish
or barren.
|
~
Julia Cameron
~
|
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
Every shot that takes an innocent
life
must result in a legal and fair sentence that punishes
murder
.
Every
violence
that destroys a person's life must result in a legal and fair judicial decision that protects human
dignity
.
These are constants for
civilized
and
democratic
countries. For the countries in which the
rule of law
is consistently ensured.
But it is time to make it constant for international relations as well.
The constants that will act universally and most importantly ? irrevocably in relation to any violator of
international law
.
Especially when it comes to the
crime
of
aggression
.
The
world
needs
a real embodiment of the rule of law, which is guaranteed to protect
humanity
from the "
right of force
" ? from the source of all aggressions.
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~
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
~
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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
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Kalki
00:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
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Zarbon
04:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- 3
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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#SheSaid
09:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
I felt that on a basis of a "search for the miraculous" it would be possible to unite together a very large number of people who were no longer able to swallow the customary forms of lying and living in lying. ~
P. D. Ouspensky
- 3
Kalki
15:14, 28 February 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward a 4.
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Zarbon
19:15, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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#SheSaid
09:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
First to dream and then to do? isn't that the way to make a dream come true? ~
Meindert DeJong
- 3
Zarbon
01:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3
Kalki
02:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us. ~
Julia Cameron
- 2
Zarbon
01:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2
Kalki
02:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow. ~
Julia Cameron
- 2
Zarbon
01:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3
Kalki
02:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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#SheSaid
09:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything. ~
Julia Cameron
- 1
Zarbon
01:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3
Kalki
02:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with very strong lean toward 4.
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3. --
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#SheSaid
09:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
The growth of one blesses all. I am committed to grow in love. All that I touch, I leave in love. I move through this world consciously and creatively. ~
Julia Cameron
- 3
Kalki
02:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 1
Zarbon
06:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2
InvisibleSun
23:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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#SheSaid
09:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)
There are eight million stories in the Naked City; this has been one of them. ~
The Naked City
"A busy eleven minutes later we were in Earth orbit. The Earth didn't look much different from the way it had during my first flight, and yet I kept looking at it. From space it has an almost benign quality. Intellectually one could realize there were wars underway, but emotionally it was impossible to understand such things. The thought reoccurred that wars are generally fought for territory or are disputes over borders; from space the arbitrary borders established on Earth cannot be seen."
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Buzz Aldrin
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Nicole Sharp
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Kalki
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00:07, 4 March 2022 (UTC) for this date, but a probable 4 on Aldrin's next birthdate, or perhaps sooner,