April 30

April 30 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ~ Robert J. Hanlon
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment. When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again. ~ Carl Friedrich Gauss (born 30 April 1777)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length. ~ Carl Friedrich Gauss (born 30 April 1777)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * In a political struggle, never get personal — else the dagger digs too deep. ~ Jack Valenti (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. ~ Larry Niven
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination take place. It's enough just to be without hypocrisy, dogmatism, arrogance — embracing all opposites. ~ Taisen Deshimaru
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * The god of war has gone over to the other side. ~ Adolf Hitler (died April 30)
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * Harmonizing opposites by going back to their source is the distinctive quality of the Zen attitude, the Middle Way: embracing contradictions, making a synthesis of them, achieving balance. ~ Taisen Deshimaru (date of death)
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * I mean the word proof not in the sense of the lawyers, who set two half proofs equal to a whole one, but in the sense of a mathematician, where half proof = 0, and it is demanded for proof that every doubt becomes impossible. ~ Carl Friedrich Gauss
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2017


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki, in regard to his recent death.


 * 2019


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2020


 * proposed by kletos


 * 2021


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower. ~ Adolf Hitler (died April 30)
 * 3 because one's willpower serves as a strong device for motivation, even when short of artillery. It is a magnificent source of attaining courage even in the darkest hour of the battle. Zarbon 06:14, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 08:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC) I hold that to even consider Hitler a spokesman for freedom in any admirable way is disgusting and contemptible. The type of "freedom" Hitler stood for was the freedom to oppress, the freedom to lie, the freedom to murder, and no matter how bold and brazen a liar and oppressor might be, or how strong they may become because of the will of other fools and cowards and the lack of will among many other fools and cowards, they are ultimately in many extreme ways craven fools and cowards themselves, who are afraid to speak, to hear, or to allow others to hear or to speak many important truths.
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in all their beauty only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. ~ Carl Friedrich Gauss (born April 30)
 * 2 because those who are truly determined will unlock the beauty of science. Zarbon 14:40, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 08:29, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 22:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Think with your whole body. ~ Taisen Deshimaru (date of death)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

You have to practice until you die. ~ Taisen Deshimaru (date of death)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. ~ Taisen Deshimaru (date of death)
 * 2 Zarbon 06:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
 * 2 InvisibleSun 23:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun. ~ Taisen Deshimaru (date of death)
 * 2 Zarbon 11:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)