November 21

November 21 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2004
 * Fame is something which must be won; honor is something which must not be lost. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * We must believe in free will — we have no choice. ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer (born 21 November 1902 or 14 July 1904; uncertainties exist)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Man is free at the instant he wants to be. ~ Voltaire (date of birth)
 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2007
 * It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him. ~ Voltaire
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * If your object is to secure liberty, you must learn to do without authority and compulsion. If you intend to live in peace and harmony with your fellow-men, you and they should cultivate brotherhood and respect for each other. If you want to work together with them for your mutual benefit, you must practice cooperation. The social revolution means much more than the reorganization of conditions only: it means the establishment of new human values and social relationships, a changed attitude of man to man, as of one free and independent to his equal; it means a different spirit in individual and collective life, and that spirit cannot be born overnight. It is a spirit to be cultivated, to be nurtured and reared, as the most delicate flower it is, for indeed it is the flower of a new and beautiful existence. ~ Alexander Berkman
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2009
 * Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even though I learned to recognize the lies, the clichés and the idolatries of the human mind, I still cling to some truths which I think all of us might accept some day. There must be a way for man to attain all possible pleasures, all the powers and knowledge that nature can grant him, and still serve God — a God who speaks in deeds, not in words, and whose vocabulary is the Cosmos. ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * "Man's inhumanity to man" is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that has converted mankind into wolves and sheep. ~ Alexander Berkman
 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2011
 * I know as a writer how valuable a tool is the wastebasket. Perhaps God throws away many experiments before He finds the right expression. Perhaps we are the discards — or we could be the part He keeps. This mystery is what keeps us all going, to see what happens in the next chapter. ~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2013


 * proposed by Zarbon


 * 2014


 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by UDScott


 * 2019


 * proposed by N6n


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2023 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. ~ Voltaire
 * 3 InvisibleSun 01:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * 4 Zarbon 06:47, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki with a lean toward 0 — as such is the human condition ONLY when very ignorant and confused … there are MANY humans who do not succumb to such delusions, which this portion of a quip does not make clear. (talk &middot; contributions) 20:20, 20 November 2009 (UTC) 2 Kalki 19:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! ~ Bryan Procter
 * 2 Zarbon 02:31, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift. ~ Steven Curtis Chapman
 * 2 Zarbon 23:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Only the heel Of splendid steel Shall stand secure on sliding fate, When golden navies weep their freight. ~ Arthur Quiller-Couch
 * 3 Zarbon 23:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 19:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 22:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

I could not find the way to God; There were too many flaming suns For signposts, and the fearful road Led over wastes where millions Of tangled comets hissed and burned— I was bewildered and I turned. ~ Arthur Quiller-Couch
 * 2 Zarbon 23:22, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 19:31, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 InvisibleSun 22:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 4 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:06, 21 November 2023 (UTC) 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 00:12, 21 November 2022 (UTC)