Quotes of the day from previous years:
| It will happen — aseeing … It is the display of B'olon-Yokte' in a greatinvestiture. |
| ~Mayan prophecy relating to 21st December 2012 ~ |
| Finally we shall place theSun himself at the center of theUniverse.All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and theharmony of thewhole Universe, if only we face thefacts, as they say, "with both eyes open." |
| ~Nicolaus Copernicus ~ |
| Thelight Begin tobleed, Begin to breathe, Begin tospeak. D'youknow what? Ilove you betternow. |
| ~Kate Bush ~ |
I amwaking from adream, Firefly that's what you are |
| ~Greta Gaines ~ |
| It isinfinitely better that theprofane and loose be unmasked than to be muffled up under the veil and hood oftraditionalhypocrisy, which turns and dulls the very edge ofallconscience either towardGod orman. |
| ~Roger Williams ~ |
| Imyself have never been able to find out whatfeminism is; I onlyknow that people call me a feminist whenever Iexpresssentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or aprostitute. |
| ~Rebecca West ~ |
| Life ought to be a struggle ofdesire towardsadventures whosenobility will fertilise thesoul and lead to theconception of new,glorious things. |
| ~Rebecca West ~ |
| Fascism … is a headlong flight intofantasy from thenecessity forpoliticalthought … persons supporting Fascism behave as if man were already in possession ofprinciples which would enable him to deal with all ourproblems, and as if it were only a question of appointing adictator to apply them. |
| ~Rebecca West ~ |
| Thetide has turned! Thelightwill come again! In a newdawn, in a newday, Thesunis rising! Io! Evohe!BlessedBe! |
| ~Starhawk ~ |
| What isearnest is not always true; on the contrary,error is often more earnest thantruth. |
| ~Benjamin Disraeli ~ |
| Thewinter solstice has always been special to me as a barrendarkness that givesbirth to a verdantfuture beyondimagination, atime ofpain and withdrawal that produces somethingjoyfully inconceivable, like a monarchbutterfly masterfully extracting itself from the confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpectedglory. |
| ~Gary Zukav ~ |
| President Trump is disqualified from holding the office ofPresident underSection Three; because he is disqualified, it would be awrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. We do not reach theseconclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of thequestionsnow before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemnduty to apply thelaw, withoutfear orfavor, and without being swayed by public reaction to thedecisions that the lawmandates we reach. |
| ~Supreme Court of Oregon ~ |
| The coming and going of theseasons give us more than thespringtimes,summers,autumns, andwinters of ourlives. It reflects the coming and going of thecircumstances of our lives like the glassy surface of a pond that shows our faces radiant withjoy or contorted withpain. It also shows us our amazing independence from our circumstances. Incold orwarmth,light ordark, deprivation or abundance, we canchoose to respond withlove or react infear. |
| ~Gary Zukav ~ |
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Usual date of thesolstice and a primary point ofYule, or Jul celebrations.
Once one is caught up into the material world, not one person in ten thousand finds the time to form literary taste, to examine the validity of philosophic concepts for himself, or to form what, for lack of a better phrase, I might call the wise and tragic sense of life. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald (Date of death)
I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand circle amid the rest of the planets in an annual revolution around the sun. ~Nicolaus Copernicus
Religion cannot be true which needs such instruments of violence to uphold it so. ~Roger Williams (born December 21, 1603)
Property has its duties as well as its rights. ~Benjamin Disraeli
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. ~Rebecca West (born December 21, 1892)
History shows that there are no invincible armies and that there never have been. ~Joseph Stalin (born December 21)
A Lieutenant is not worth a General ...even if that Lieutenant is my son! I do not change the soldier for the marshal! ~Joseph Stalin (born December 21)
Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. ~Joseph Stalin
The German army is a machine, and machines can be broken! ~Konstantin Rokossovsky (born December 21)
| The general tendency to be censorious of the vices to which one has not been tempted was present in her in a specially rank form. |
| ~Rebecca West ~ |