March 24

March 24 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry. ~ Thomas Paine
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life. They should also govern it. ~ Wilhelm Reich (born 24 March 1897)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I have succeeded in some small way, if only in one small corner of the world, amongst the men and women I love, then I shall count myself blessed, and blessed, and blessed, and the work goes on. ~ William Morris (born 24 March 1834)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * What is humility but truthfulness? There is no real difference. ~ Walter Hilton (died March 24, 1396; date of birth unknown)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. ~ William Morris
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily... ~ Wilhelm Reich
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Love is enough: though the World be a-waning And the woods have no voice but the voice of complaining, Though the sky be too dark for dim eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming thereunder, Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw a veil over all deeds passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremble, their feet shall not falter; The void shall not weary, the fear shall not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved and the lover. ~ William Morris ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Almighty Freedom! give my venturous song The force, the charm that to thy voice belong; Tis thine to shape my course, to light my way, To nerve my country with the patriot lay, To teach all men where all their interest lies, How rulers may be just and nations wise: Strong in thy strength I bend no suppliant knee, Invoke no miracle, no Muse but thee. ~ Joel Barlow ~
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2012
 * I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place some one is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death. ~ Harry Houdini
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by JessRek6


 * 2020


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2021


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death, and her recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Quotes by people born this day, already used as QOTD:


 * Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word FREEDOM should ever be more than an empty political slogan. ~ Wilhelm Reich
 * used 3 November 2007, proposed by Kalki

Suggestions
I desire the love of God not because I am worthy, but because I am unworthy. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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There are many who are hypocrites although they think they are not, and there are many who are afraid of being hypocrites although they certainly are not. Which is the one and which is the other God knows, and none but He. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:55, 23 March 2024 (UTC) 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC) ;but would extend this slightly using a 1901 edition to read:
 * I will tell thee this one thing, that there be many hypocrites, and, nevertheless, they think themselves to be none, and that there be many that dread and fear themselves to be hypocrites, and soothly are none; who is the one, and who is the other, God knows, and none but He. Whoso will humbly dread, shall not be beguiled, and whoso thinketh himself secure, he may lightly fall.


 * 1 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved. ~ Walter Hilton
 * 3 InvisibleSun 10:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 18:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 04:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

“Give,” said the little stream, “Give, oh give, give, oh give,” As it hurried down the hill. “I am small, I know, but wherever I go The fields grow greener still.” ~ Fanny Crosby
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 02:51, 22 March 2012 (UTC) 3 Kalki 00:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

He open'd calm the universal cause, To give each realm its limit and its laws, Bid the last breath of tired contention cease, And bind all regions in the leagues of peace; Till one confederate, condependent sway Spread with the sun and bound the walks of day, One centred system, one all-ruling soul Live thro the parts and regulate the whole. ~ Joel Barlow
 * 3 Zarbon 03:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 00:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.
 * 3 InvisibleSun 20:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)