June 24

      Quotes of the day from previous years:

      2004
      Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ~ Alfred Whitney Griswold
      2005
      Conservative, n. A statesman enamored of existing evils, as opposed to a Liberal, who wants to replace them with new ones. ~ Ambrose Bierce (born 24 June 1842)
      2006
      There is nothing better or more necessary than love. ~ John of the Cross (born 24 June 1542)
      2007
      Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. ~ Ambrose Bierce
      2008
      All I do is done in love; all I suffer, I suffer in the sweetness of love. ~ John of the Cross (born this day)
      2009
      Guilt, n. The condition of one who is known to have committed an indiscretion, as distinguished from the state of him who has covered his tracks. ~ Ambrose Bierce, born that day.
      2010
      Acquaintance, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. ~ Ambrose Bierce
      2011
      A thousand graces diffusing
      He passed through the groves in haste,
      And merely regarding them
      As He passed
      Clothed them with His beauty.
      ~ John of the Cross ~
      2012
      The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.
      ~ John of the Cross ~
      2013 
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      Circus, n. A place where horses, ponies and elephants are permitted to see men, women and children acting the fool. ~ Ambrose Bierce, born that day.

      My sole occupation is love. ~ John of the Cross (born this day)

      • 3 Kalki 19:03, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC) with a lean toward 4, but would now extend this to:
      The soul may always say, whether occupied with temporal or spiritual things, "My sole occupation is love." Happy life! happy state! and happy the soul which has attained to it!

      I have said that God is pleased with nothing but love; but before I explain this, it will be as well to set forth the grounds on which the assertion rests. All our works, and all our labours, how grand soever they may be, are nothing in the sight of God, for we can give Him nothing, neither can we by them fulfil His desire, which is the growth of our soul. As to Himself He desires nothing of this, for He has need of nothing, and so, if He is pleased with anything it is with the growth of the soul; and as there is no way in which the soul can grow but in becoming in a manner equal to Him, for this reason only is He pleased with our love. ~ John of the Cross

      • 3 Kalki 09:33, 21 June 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
      • 1 Zarbon 02:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

      The little white dove
      Has returned to the ark with the bough;
      And now the turtle-dove
      Its desired mate
      On the green banks has found.
      ~ John of the Cross

      • 3 Kalki 09:33, 21 June 2009 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.
      • 1 Zarbon 02:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

      Let us rejoice, O my Beloved!
      Let us go forth to see ourselves in Thy beauty,
      To the mountain and the hill,
      Where the pure water flows:
      Let us enter into the heart of the thicket.
      ~ John of the Cross

      • 3 Kalki 09:33, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
      • 1 Zarbon 02:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

      My Beloved is the mountains,
      The solitary wooded valleys,
      The strange islands,
      The roaring torrents,
      The whisper of the amorous gales;
      The tranquil night
      At the approaches of the dawn,
      The silent music,
      The murmuring solitude,
      The supper which revives, and enkindles love.
      ~ John of the Cross

      • 3 Kalki 09:33, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
      • 1 Zarbon 02:38, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
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