March 28
2004
- If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows. ~ Epictetus
- selected by Kalki
2005
- A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice. ~ James Callaghan (recent death)
- selected by Kalki
2006
- I'd like just to be remembered as a guy that came along and did his music, did his best and showed up on time, clean and ready to do the job, wrote a few songs, and had a hell of a time. ~ Buck Owens (recent death)
- selected by Kalki
2007
- We cannot know whether we love God, although there may be strong reason for thinking so; but there can be no doubt about whether we love our neighbor or not. Be sure that, in proportion as you advance in fraternal charity, you are increasing your love of God... ~ Teresa of Ávila
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2008
- Just as we cannot stop the movement of the heavens, revolving as they do with such speed, so we cannot restrain our thought. And then we send all the faculties of the soul after it, thinking we are lost, and have misused the time that we are spending in the presence of God. Yet the soul may perhaps be wholly united with Him in the Mansions very near His presence, while thought remains in the outskirts of the castle, suffering the assaults of a thousand wild and venomous creatures and from this suffering winning merit. So this must not upset us, and we must not abandon the struggle, as the devil tries to make us do. Most of these trials and times of unrest come from the fact that we do not understand ourselves. ~ Teresa of Ávila
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2009
- I do not understand those terrors which make us cry out, Satan, Satan! when we may say, God, God! and make Satan tremble. Do we not know that he cannot stir without the permission of God? ... I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself. Satan can do me no harm whatever, but they can trouble me very much, particularly if they be confessors. ~ Teresa of Ávila
- proposed by InvisibleSun
2010
Suggestions
I saw an angel close by me, on my left side, in bodily form. This I am not accustomed to see, unless very rarely. Though I have visions of angels frequently, yet I see them only by an intellectual vision, such as I have spoken of before. It was our Lord's will that in this vision I should see the angel in this wise. He was not large, but small of stature, and most beautiful — his face burning, as if he were one of the highest angels, who seem to be all of fire: they must be those whom we call cherubim. ~ Teresa of Ávila- 3 Kalki 03:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 1 I like the concept of angels but this is moreso too descriptive rather than thought-provoking. Zarbon 21:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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Somehow in painting I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos. ~ Grace Hartigan
- 3 Zarbon 21:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
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2 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC) - 3. The quote has now been sourced and expanded. Suggestion for a longer quote: "I perceive the world in fragments. It is somewhat like being on a very fast train and getting glimpses of things in strange scales as you pass by. A person can be very, very tiny. And a billboard can make a person very large. You see the corner of a house or you see a bird fly by, and it's all fragmented. Somehow, in painting I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos. I have a very pretentious idea that I want to make life, I want to make sense out of it. The fact that I am doomed to failure that doesnt deter me in the least." - InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 23:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC) for the extended version, with a lean toward 4.
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Whoever embarks with a woman embarks with a storm; but they are themselves the safety boats. ~ Arsène Houssaye
- 2 Zarbon 21:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
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Friendship lives on its income, love devours its capital. ~ Arsène Houssaye
- 2 Zarbon 21:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
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We become obsessed with 'truth' when discussing statements, just as we become obsessed with 'freedom' when discussing conduct...Like freedom, truth is a bare minimum or an illusory ideal. ~ J. L. Austin
- 4 Zarbon 21:05, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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Words are not (except in their own little corner) facts or things: we need therefore to prise them off the world, to hold them apart from and against it, so that we can realize their inadequacies and arbitrariness, and can relook at the world without blinkers. ~ J. L. Austin
- 2 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3
- 1 Zarbon 22:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction. ~ J. L. Austin
- 3 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 2 Zarbon 22:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 2 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things? ~ J. L. Austin
- 3 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 1 Zarbon 22:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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Ordinary language is not the last word: in principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon and superseded. Only remember, it is the first word. ~ J. L. Austin
- 3 Kalki 21:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
- 1 Zarbon 22:41, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 23:00, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
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