February 23
2004
- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
- selected by Kalki
2005
- If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up. ~ Hunter S. Thompson (recent death)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is a process... ~ Karl Jaspers (born 23 February 1883)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2009
- We cannot avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them. ~ Karl Jaspers
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
The function of the university is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois- 3 InvisibleSun 07:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 ~ Kalki 06:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor,— all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
- 3 InvisibleSun 07:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 ~ Kalki 06:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 22:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies? What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force? There are so many answers and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
- 3 InvisibleSun 07:15, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- 3 ~ Kalki 06:14, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
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The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world, do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it with any pleasure. ~ Samuel Pepys (born 23 February 1633)
- 3 Kalki 23:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 05:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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Musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. ~ Samuel Pepys (born 23 February 1633)
- 3 Kalki 23:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 05:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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