December 18

December 18 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as anothers. We see so much only as we possess. ~ Henry David Thoreau
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2004
 * The Tree that was withered shall be renewed, and he shall plant it in the high places, and the City shall be blessed. Sing all ye people! ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
 * (From The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King (Book VI, Chapter 5, "The Steward and the King"); in the novel this is a song of a great Eagle heralding the victory of Aragorn's forces against those of Sauron and the Dark Tower.)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die. ~ Steve Biko (born 18 December 1946)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2006
 * Formerly we used to represent things visible on earth, things we either liked to look at or would have liked to see. Today we reveal the reality that is behind visible things, thus expressing the belief that the visible world is merely an isolated case in relation to the universe and that there are many more other, latent realities. Things appear to assume a broader and more diversified meaning, often seemingly contradicting the rational experience of yesterday. There is a striving to emphasize the essential character of the accidental. ~ Paul Klee (born 18 December 1879)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2007
 * I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn. Somewhat closer to the heart of creation than usual. But not nearly close enough. ~ Paul Klee
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings. Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give us second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new born King!"  ~ Charles Wesley ~ (born 18 December 1707, and song for the Christmas season)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. ~ Paul Klee
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!" Joyful, all ye nations, rise. Join the triumph of the skies. With th'angelic hosts proclaim Christ is born in Bethlehem! ~ Charles Wesley ~ (born 18 December 1707, and song for the Christmas season)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Nature can afford to be prodigal in everything, the artist must be frugal down to the last detail. Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn. ~ Paul Klee
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2012


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2014


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki — The first explanation of the nature of "The Force" given by Obi-Wan Kenobi, for the opening day of the wide release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The beautiful, which is perhaps inseparable from art, is not after all tied to the subject, but to the pictorial representation. In this way and in no other does art overcome the ugly without avoiding it. ~ Paul Klee
 * 3 InvisibleSun 16:51, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 17:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 19:41, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Lyle 15:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Narrating incredible things as though they were real — old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible — the new. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * proposed by Nemo


 * 2 we need some quotations on narrativology. Nemo 14:11, 18 January 2012 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☮♌︎︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 21:12, 15 December 2012 (UTC) no clear relation to the date.

Man is a tragic animal. Not because of his smallness, but because he is too well endowed. Man has longings and spiritual demands that reality cannot fulfill. We have expectations of a just and moral world. Man requires meaning in a meaningless world. ~ Peter Wessel Zapffe (dob)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 06:08, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:50, 18 December 2021 (UTC) with a lean toward 3 or perhaps even 4, though I do not agree with it.


 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 17:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 17:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 17:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 17:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)