April 25

April 25 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Gautama Buddha
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices — just recognize them. ~ Edward R. Murrow (born 25 April 1908)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue. ~ Edward R. Murrow (born 25 April 1908)
 * proposed by JeffQ


 * 2007
 * It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts. ~ Boris Yeltsin (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it. ~ Edward R. Murrow
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * I will either find a way, or make one. ~ Hannibal
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2010
 * It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best. ~ Sun Tzu
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease. ~ Sun Tzu
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * Reason, in fact, is a thing of God, inasmuch as there is nothing which God the Maker of all has not provided, disposed, ordained by reason — nothing which He has not willed should be handled and understood by reason. All, therefore, who are ignorant of God, must necessarily be ignorant also of a thing which is His, because no treasure-house at all is accessible to strangers. And thus, voyaging all the universal course of life without the rudder of reason, they know not how to shun the hurricane which is impending over the world. ~ Tertullian
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by DanielTom

2017


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2018


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of his recent re-election.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Nemo; as the day of the liberation from fascism (national holiday).


 * 2024


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. ~ Solomon
 * 3 because to know more is to suffer more, knowledge heightens suffering, beautiful. Zarbon 16:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Out of the frying pan into the fire. ~ Tertullian
 * 3 because when trying to avoid one disaster, one may fall into another one that is much worse. Beautiful imagery to go with climactic moral. Zarbon 16:47, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 01:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 3.

Speed is the essence of war. Take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions. ~ Sun Tzu
 * 3 because a swift victory is respected. Zarbon 17:33, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 23:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC) with a lean toward 3, or eventual 4.

Prorsus credibile est, quia ineptum est. It is to be believed because it is absurd. ~ Tertullian ~
 * 2 Kalki 01:11, 24 April 2009 (UTC) but leaning toward an eventual 3 or even a 4.
 * 2 Zarbon 02:40, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Virtue has great power, but not if it is imposed – only when it is chosen. ~ Dinesh D'Souza
 * 3 DanielTom (talk) 11:41, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:59, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

[M]atter poses no obstacle to a neutrino. A neutrino could pass through a hundred light years of steel without even slowing down.~ In commemoration of the 25 April 1900 birth of Wolfgang Pauli, from the sixth episode of the science documentary television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014).
 * 4 Pithy Francoln (talk) 22:59, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:59, 24 April 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:58, 24 April 2019 (UTC)