May 2

May 2 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * You know more than you think you do. ~ Benjamin Spock (born 2 May 1903)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * We are near waking when we dream that we dream. ~ Novalis (born 2 May 1772)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * Love works magic. It is the final purpose Of the world story, The Amen of the universe. ~ Novalis ~
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. ~ Novalis
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the Universe. ~ Jerome K. Jerome (born 2 May 1859)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * Before abstraction everything is one, but one like chaos; after abstraction everything is united again, but this union is a free binding of autonomous, self-determined beings. Out of a mob a society has developed, chaos has been transformed into a manifold world. ~ Novalis
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * Language is the dynamics of the spiritual realm. One word of command moves armies; the word Liberty entire nations. ~ Novalis
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * True anarchy is the generative element of religion. Out of the annihilation of every positive element she lifts her gloriously radiant countenance as the founder of a new world… ~ Novalis
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013 :


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki — a passage from the King James Version of the Christian Bible, the 2nd of May being selected by the 400th anniversary committee as the official anniversary day of celebration in 2011, though the exact date of publication in 1611 is unknown.

2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2021


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; recent remarks regarding the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. ~ Benjamin Spock (born 2 May 1903)
 * 3 because all children need some form of guidance. Tarzan and Mowgli have nice stories but they aren't the best characteristic transformations to be had. Zarbon 15:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 12:42, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. ~ Jerome K. Jerome (born May 2, 1859)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 07:07, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Zarbon 04:37, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Kalki 16:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
 * 3 Ningauble 17:21, 1 May 2009 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 1 May 2016 (UTC)


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:59, 1 May 2024 (UTC) 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:33, 1 May 2016 (UTC)