June 27
2004
- Faith and doubt both are needed — not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. ~ Lillian Smith
- selected by Kalki
2005
- There are ... some potentates I would kill by any and all means at my disposal. They are Ignorance, Superstition, and Bigotry — the most sinister and tyrannical rulers on earth. ~ Emma Goldman (born 27 June 1869)
- proposed by MosheZadka
2006
- The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, — the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience. Tolerance is the first principal of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)
- proposed by Kalki
2007
- A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships. ~ Helen Keller (born June 27 1880)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond the senses. ~ Helen Keller
- proposed by Kalki
2009
- Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. ~ Helen Keller
- proposed by Kalki
2010
Suggestions
The bulk of the world’s knowledge is an imaginary construction. ~ Helen Keller (born 27 June 1880)- 3 Kalki 20:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:14, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
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God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ~ Jacques Deval
- 4 Zarbon 03:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 09:47, 21 June 2009 (UTC) tactical shift, but still inclined to rank it 3, and to use it eventually;
* 3 Kalki 19:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC) - 3 InvisibleSun 23:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~ Gaston Bachelard
- 3 Zarbon 03:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 19:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
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Sane, normal people don't need power trips. So the lunatics end up in charge of everything. ~ James P. Hogan
- 3 Zarbon 03:59, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 19:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3 — an excellent statement in the first sentence, but the second is a bit too pessimistic, though I do agree they remain in charge of much.
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:12, 26 June 2008 (UTC)