May 13

May 13 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. ~ William Faulkner
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * It behoved that there should be sin — but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. ~ Julian of Norwich (her famous visions occurred on 13 May 1373)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * "Fire" does not matter, "earth" and "air" and "water'" do not matter. "I" do not matter. No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words. ~ Roger Zelazny, Lord of Light (born 13 May 1937)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~ Washington Irving (Mother's Day U.S., Canada)
 * proposed by Jimmy McManus


 * 2008
 * Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they begin, end, strive, attend, into and upon the Dream of the Nameless that is the world, burning words within Samsaara, perhaps to create a thing of beauty. ~ Roger Zelazny in Lord of Light
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time — of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid. ~ Stephen Colbert (born May 13, 1964)
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2010
 * Always dying, never dead; Ever ending, never ended; Loathed in darkness, Clothed in light, He comes, to end a world, As morning ends the night. ~ Roger Zelazny in Lord of Light
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * If any such lover be in earth which is continually kept from falling, I know it not: for it was not shewed me. But this was shewed: that in falling and in rising we are ever preciously kept in one Love. ~ Julian of Norwich
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
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 * 2013


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 * 2014


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 * 2015


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 * 2016


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 * 2017


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 * 2018


 * proposed by Aphaia


 * 2019


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 * 2020


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 * 2021


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 * 2022


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 * 2023


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 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Feast Day of Julian of Norwich in Roman Catholic traditions, and the anniversary date of her visions.
 * DOB: Georges Braque · Roger Zelazny

I made a great discovery. I don't believe in anything anymore. Objects do not exist for me, except that there is a harmonious relationship among them, and also between them and myself. When one reaches this harmony, one reaches a sort of intellectual void. This was everything becomes possible, everything becomes legitimate, and life is a perpetual revelation. This is true song. ~ Georges Braque (born 1882-05-13)
 * 3 Aphaia
 * 3 Kalki 00:01, 13 May 2007 (UTC) with a very strong lean toward 4, for the sourced version listed by InvisibleSun below
 * 1 Zarbon 05:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3. This quote was unsourced. I sourced it and replaced the unsourced version in the article. The quote now reads: "I have made a great discovery. I no longer believe in anything. Objects don't exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists between them or between them and myself. When one attains this harmony, one reaches a sort of intellectual non-existence — what I can only describe as a sense of peace, which makes everything possible and right. Life then becomes a perpetual revelation. That is true poetry." My vote is then for the sourced quote. - InvisibleSun 07:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 AdamKadmon 00:50, 27 November 2010 (UTC) This is solipsistic mush.
 * Actually I would say it is just the opposite of solipsism — it is a negating of much of the the ego perception, rather than an idolization of it. ~ Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 01:10, 27 November 2010 (UTC)


 * 4 Ficaia (talk) 08:18, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

He played tune after forbidden tune, and the professional musicians put professional expressions of scorn upon their faces; but beneath the table several feet were tapping in slow time with the music. ~ Roger Zelazny in Lord of Light
 * 3 Kalki 20:26, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 23:17, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


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