December 24

December 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven. ~ Yeshua (Jesus Christ)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2004
 *  I danced in the morning When the world was begun, And I danced in the moon And the stars and the sun, And I came down from heaven And I danced on the earth, At Bethlehem I had my birth. Dance, then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the Dance, said he. ~ Sydney Carter ~
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 *  'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. ~ "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2006
 * A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself. ~ John Muir
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2007
 * Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. ~ Francis Pharcellus Church in "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another. ~ John Muir (Date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2009
 * People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. ~ Norman Vincent Peale (Date of death)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2010
 * Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the city’s jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not make, and cannot mar. ~ Matthew Arnold ~ (born December 24, 1822)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * For poetry the idea is everything; the rest is a world of illusion, of divine illusion. Poetry attaches its emotion to the idea; the idea is the fact. The strongest part of our religion today is its unconscious poetry. ~ Matthew Arnold
 * The last sentence proposed by InvisibleSun, extension proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2013


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki, for last night of Hanukkah 2014


 * 2015


 * proposed by Nvvchar


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki, for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo flight, the Earthrise photograph, and of this message, in 2018.


 * 2019


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


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
To see a red stone is less than seeing it as jasper — metamorphic quartz, cousin to the flint the Kiowa carved as arrowheads. To name is to know and remember. ~ Dana Gioia (born December 24, 1950)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 13:09, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 20:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

So listen to them, heed them: Who never touch the earth, can never be in heaven. ~ Adam Mickiewicz
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

If one has not given everything, one has given nothing. ~ Georges Guynemer
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

So you're tired of living Feel like you might give in Well don't. It's not your time ~ Tomas Kalnoky
 * 4 Zarbon 06:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

So tell me: how long do you think you can go before you lose it all? Before they call you bluff and watch you fall? I don't know, but I'd like to think I had control At some point, but I let it go and lost my soul ~ Tomas Kalnoky
 * 2 Zarbon 06:11, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 15:23, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Temperate, sincere, and intelligent inquiry and discussion are only to be dreaded by the advocates of error. The truth need not fear them... Benjamin Rush (dob O.S.)
 * 3 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * May be moved to January 4th if that is more suitable.
 * 3 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4, for either date.

Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights. Benjamin Rush
 * 3 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * May be moved to January 4th if that is more suitable.
 * 3 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

What is superstition, but misguided, unobjective science? And when it comes down to that, is it to be wondered if people grasp at superstition in this rotten, hate-filled, half-doomed world of today? Lord knows, I'd welcome the blackest of black magic, if it could do anything to stave off the atom bomb. ~ Fritz Leiber (dob)
 * 2 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 1 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset? ~ Fritz Leiber
 * 3 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

In the wake of a Big Change, cultures and individuals are transposed, it’s true, yet in the main they continue much as they were, except for the usual scattering of unfortunate but statistically meaningless accidents. ~ Fritz Leiber
 * 3 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 3 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

They’ve heard about space but they still don’t believe in it. They haven’t been out here to see for themselves that there isn’t any giant elephant under the earth, holding it up, and a giant tortoise holding up the elephant. If I say “planet” and “spaceship” to them, they still think “horoscope” and “flying saucer”. ~ Fritz Leiber
 * 3 bystander (talk) 20:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☮♌︎Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 20:52, 20 December 2012 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 08:14, 22 December 2013 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart... filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. - Bess Streeter Aldrich
 * 3--Nvvchar (talk) 03:32, 14 December 2014 (UTC)Tending towards 4
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:07, 22 December 2014 (UTC)