September 9

September 9 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2003
 * What's another word for Thesaurus? ~ Steven Wright
 * selected by Nanobug


 * 2004
 * The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first; Be not discouraged — keep on — there are divine things, well envelop'd; I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell. ~ Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2005
 * Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. ~ Leo Tolstoy (born 9 September 1828)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2006
 * Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen. ~ Leo Tolstoy (born 9 September 1828)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2007
 * You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you. ~ Madeleine L'Engle (recent death)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2008
 * Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here. ~ Leo Tolstoy
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2009
 * All men live not by the thought they spend on their own welfare, but because love exists in man. I knew before that God gave life to men and desires that they should live; now I understood more than that. I understood that God does not wish men to live apart, and therefore he does not reveal to them what each one needs for himself; but he wishes them to live united, and therefore reveals to each of them what is necessary for all. I have now understood that though it seems to men that they live by care for themselves, in truth it is love alone by which they live. He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love. ~ Leo Tolstoy
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * One thing only is needful: the knowledge of the simple and clear truth which finds place in every soul that is not stupefied by religious and scientific superstitions — the truth that for our life one law is valid — the law of love, which brings the highest happiness to every individual as well as to all mankind. Free your minds from those overgrown, mountainous imbecilities which hinder your recognition of it, and at once the truth will emerge from amid the pseudo-religious nonsense that has been smothering it: the indubitable, eternal truth inherent in man, which is one and the same in all the great religions of the world. It will in due time emerge and make its way to general recognition, and the nonsense that has obscured it will disappear of itself, and with it will go the evil from which humanity now suffers. ~ Leo Tolstoy
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * As soon as men live entirely in accord with the law of love natural to their hearts and now revealed to them, which excludes all resistance by violence, and therefore hold aloof from all participation in violence — as soon as this happens, not only will hundreds be unable to enslave millions, but not even millions will be able to enslave a single individual. ~ Leo Tolstoy
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * proposed by Kalki
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2013


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2014


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2015
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2017


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2018


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2019


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2020


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2021


 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2022


 * proposed by Kalki; in regard of her recent death.


 * 2023


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2024 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Ranking system:
 * 4 : Excellent - should definitely be used.
 * 3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it used.
 * 2 : Good - some desire to see it used.
 * 1 : Acceptable - but with no particular desire to see it used.
 * 0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. ~ Mao Zedong, died this day
 * 3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:59, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * 1 Kalki 17:46, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * 4 because protection by police force and military force is not uncommon and it is truly beautiful in its stature, an enigmatic symbol of political power, something I highly respect with all my being. Zarbon 22:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Lyle Enigmatic? This quote should be moved to Mao's birth date. 17:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 InvisibleSun 23:37, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 14:53, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

The law of love is in accord with the nature of man. But men can only recognize this truth to its full extent when they have completely freed themselves from all religious and scientific superstitions and from all the consequent misrepresentations and sophistical distortions by which its recognition has been hindered for centuries. ~ Leo Tolstoy
 * 3 Kalki 04:29, 24 October 2009 (UTC) with a VERY strong lean toward 4.
 * 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 14:53, 23 August 2013 (UTC)

Life is not a search for experience, but for ourselves. Having discovered our own fundamental level we realize that it conforms to our own destiny and we find peace. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his life. The profession of enthusiasm is the most sickening of all insincerities. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

What doesn't slumber under the shells of us all? One just needs courage to uncover it and be oneself. Or at least to discuss it. There isn't enough discussion in the world. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Idleness makes hours pass slowly and years swiftly. Activity makes the hours short and the years long. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

No woman marries for money: they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

No matter how much a young man likes to think for himself, he is always trying to model himself on some abstract pattern largely derived from the example of the world around him. And a man, no matter how conservative, shows his own worth by his personal deviation from that pattern. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

Narrating incredible things as though they were real — old system; narrating realities as though they were incredible — the new. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Nothing is vulgar in itself but that talking and thinking make it so. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

The problems that agitate one generation are extinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

The act — the act — must not be a revenge. It must be a calm, weary renunciation, a closing of accounts, a private, rhythmic deed. The last remark. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.

I forgive everyone and to everyone I ask forgiveness. Well enough? Don't gossip too much. ~ Cesare Pavese
 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 10:52, 13 May 2012 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


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