January 28
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2005
- Wise men don't need to prove their point;
men who need to prove their point aren't wise.
The Master has no possessions.
The more he does for others, the happier he is.
The more he gives to others, the wealthier he is.
The Tao nourishes by not forcing.
By not dominating, the Master leads.
~ Lao Zi ~- selected by Kalki
- 2006
- Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it. ~ Colette (born 28 January 1873)
- selected by Kalki
- 2007
- Man needs to go outside himself in order to find repose and reveal himself. ~ José Martí
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2008
- For the sincere friend
Who gives me his frank hand.
And for the cruel man who pulls out of me
the heart with which I live,
I grow neither nettles nor thorns:
I grow a white rose.
~ José Martí ~- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer. ~ Colette (born 28 January 1873)
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2010
- Life on earth is a hand-to-hand mortal combat... between the law of love and the law of hate. ~ José Martí
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave. ~ Colette
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2012
- By means of an image we are often able to hold on to our lost belongings. But it is the desperateness of losing which picks the flowers of memory, binds the bouquet. ~ Colette
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2013
| To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one. |
| ~ Colette ~ |
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- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
- 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
A grain of poetry suffices to season a century. ~ José Martí (born January 28, 1853)
- 3 InvisibleSun 12:18, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Zarbon 19:15, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness. ~ Colette
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. ~ Colette
We only do well the things we like doing. ~ Colette
Total absence of humor renders life impossible. ~ Colette
There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. ~ Colette