Wikiquote:Quote of the day/April 2010
- April 1
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To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero. ~ Edmond Rostand ~ |
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- April 2
 
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My spirit to yours dear brother, ~ Walt Whitman ~ |
   
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- April 3
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I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. |
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- April 4
 
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If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. |  
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- April 5
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Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible. ~ Colin Powell ~ |
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- April 6
 
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Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Thus the little minutes, |
 
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- April 7
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There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. There are periods when...to dare, is the highest wisdom. | 
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- April 8
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You can do a lot with diplomacy, but with diplomacy backed up by force you can get a lot more done. ~ Kofi Annan ~ |
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- April 9
 
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All their life was spent not in laws, statutes, or rules, but according to their own free will and pleasure. They rose out of their beds when they thought good: they did eat, drink, labour, sleep, when they had a mind to it, and were disposed for it. None did awake them, none did offer to constrain them to eat, drink, nor to do any other thing; for so had Gargantua established it. In all their rule, and strictest tie of their order, there was but this one clause to be observed, DO WHAT THOU WILT. Because men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions, and withdraws them from vice, which is called honour. |
 
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- April 10
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It was the wise all-seeing soul ~ Æ ~ |
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- April 11
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The only real progress to abiding peace is found in the friendly disposition of peoples and ... facilities for maintaining peace are useful only to the extent that this friendly disposition exists and finds expression. War is not only possible, but probable, where mistrust and hatred and desire for revenge are the dominant motives. Our first duty is at home with our own opinion, by education and unceasing effort to bring to naught the mischievous exhortation of chauvinists; our next is to aid in every practicable way in promoting a better feeling among peoples, the healing of wounds, and the just settlement of differences. |
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- April 12
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No matter what you or anyone else does, there will be someone who says that there's something bad about it. ~ Tom Clancy ~ |
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- April 13
  
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History says don't hope ~ Seamus Heaney ~ |
 
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- April 14
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as that, among other requisites, the gallant person will always consider the world with a smile of toleration, and his own doings with a smile of honest amusement, and Heaven with a smile which is not distrustful — being thoroughly persuaded that God is kindlier than the genteel would regard as rational. |
- April 15
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Any one who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition. |
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- April 16
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It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously. ~ Peter Ustinov ~ |
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- April 17
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The Anarchists never have claimed that liberty will bring perfection; they simply say that its results are vastly preferable to those that follow authority. ~ Benjamin Tucker ~ |
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- April 18
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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. | 
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- April 19
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I share the belief of many of my contemporaries that the spiritual crisis pervading all spheres of Western industrial society can be remedied only by a change in our world view. We shall have to shift from the materialistic, dualistic belief that people and their environment are separate, toward a new consciousness of an all-encompassing reality, which embraces the experiencing ego, a reality in which people feel their oneness with animate nature and all of creation. ~ Albert Hofmann ~ |
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- April 20
Schmendrick stepped out into the open and said a few words. They were short words, undistinguished either by melody or harshness, and Schmendrick himself could not hear them for the Red Bull's dreadful bawling. But he knew what they meant, and he knew exactly how to say them, and he knew that he could say them again when he wanted to, in the same way or in a different way. Now he spoke them gently and with joy, and as did so he felt his immortality fall from him like an armour, or like a shroud. ~ Peter S. Beagle in The Last Unicorn ~ |
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- April 21
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We define religion as the assumption that life has meaning. Religion, or lack of it, is shown not in some intellectual or verbal formulations but in one's total orientation to life. Religion is whatever the individual takes to be his ultimate concern. One's religious attitude is to be found at that point where he has a conviction that there are values in human existence worth living and dying for. ~ Rollo May ~ |
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- April 22
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We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives, so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption that what is good for the world will be good for us. ... We must recover the sense of the majesty of the creation and the ability to be worshipful in its presence. For it is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it. ~ Wendell Berry ~ |
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- April 23
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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. ~ Max Planck ~ |
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- April 24
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One need not hope in order to undertake, nor succeed in order to persevere. |
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- April 25
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It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best. ~ Sun Tzu ~ |
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- April 26
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If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine. ~ Morris West ~ |
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- April 27
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world. |
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- April 28
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You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. ~ Terry Pratchett ~ |
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- April 29
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Night has fallen and the barbarians haven't come. Now what's going to happen to us without barbarians? |
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- April 30
 The god of war has gone over to the other side. ~ Adolf Hitler ~ |
   
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