February 23

February 23 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up. ~ Hunter S. Thompson (recent death)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Man is always something more than what he knows of himself. He is not what he is simply once and for all, but is a process... ~ Karl Jaspers (born 23 February 1883)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * We cannot avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them. ~ Karl Jaspers
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies? What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force? There are so many answers and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily. ~ W. E. B. Du Bois
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2011
 * There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * Man, if he is to remain man, must advance by way of consciousness. There is no road leading backward. … We can no longer veil reality from ourselves by renouncing self-consciousness without simultaneously excluding ourselves from the historical course of human existence. ~ Karl Jaspers
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


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 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world, do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it with any pleasure. ~ Samuel Pepys (born 23 February 1633)
 * 3 Kalki 23:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 1 Zarbon 05:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. ~ Samuel Pepys (born 23 February 1633)
 * 3 Kalki 23:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 05:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

To live a godly life is the best way to light up a lesson that the teacher can possibly employ. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

We are pilgrims, not settlers; this earth is our inn, not our home. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
 * 3 (Josephine W. （Talk） 07:25, 22 February 2020 (UTC))

In the highest class of God's school of suffering we learn not resignation nor patience, but rejoicing in tribulation. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

He that would speak Divine things in a language which living men of to-day can comprehend, must keep up with the researches and discoveries of men who study nature, and put her words into the speech of the present. ~ John Heyl Vincent
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:35, 29 July 2010 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4.


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:07, 23 February 2023 (UTC) 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:29, 23 February 2017 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:29, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
 * 3 (Josephine W. （Talk） 07:25, 22 February 2020 (UTC))


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:21, 23 February 2024 (UTC) — remarks upon the current lunar landing of Oddysseus at the South Pole of the Moon.