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August 28

Certain old men prefer to rise at dawn, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach and otherwise mortifying the flesh. They then point with pride to these practices as the cause of their sturdy health and ripe years; the truth being that they are hearty and old, not because of their habits, but in spite of them. The reason we find only robust persons doing this thing is that it has killed all the others who have tried it. ~ The Devils Dictionary by Ambrose Bierceselected by Nanobug

— August 28 truth

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing. ~ Muhammadselected by Kalki

— August 28 leader

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.proposed by MosheZadka, expanded from the first Wikiquote Quote of the Day, selected by Nanobug.

— August 28 art

Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though twere his own. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goetheproposed by Kalki

— August 28 joy

Moderation, the Golden Mean, the Aristonmetron, is the secret of wisdom and of happiness. But it does not mean embracing an unadventurous mediocrity: rather it is an elaborate balancing-act, a feat of intellectual skill demanding constant vigilance. Its aim is a reconciliation of opposites. ~ Robertson Daviesproposed by InvisibleSun

— August 28 wisdom

To which of the warring serpents should I turn with the problem that now faces me? It is easy, and tempting, to choose the god of Science. Now I would not for a moment have you suppose that I am one of those idiots who scorns Science, merely because it is always twisting and turning, and sometimes shedding its skin, like the serpent that is its symbol. It is a powerful god indeed but it is what the students of ancient gods called a shape-shifter, and sometimes a trickster. ~ Robertson Daviesproposed by InvisibleSun

— August 28 god

What is the use of being wise if we are not sometimes merry? The merriment of wise men is not the uninformed, gross fun of ignorant men, but it has more kinship with that than the pinched, frightened fun of those who are neither learned nor ignorant, gentle nor simple, bound nor free. The idea that a wise man must be solemn is bred and preserved among people who have no idea what wisdom is, and can only respect whatever makes them feel inferior. ~ Robertson Daviesproposed by InvisibleSun

— August 28 wisdom

The ironist is not bitter, he does not seek to undercut everything that seems worthy or serious, he scorns the cheap scoring-off of the wisecracker. He stands, so to speak, somewhat at one side, observes and speaks with a moderation which is occasionally embellished with a flash of controlled exaggeration. He speaks from a certain depth, and thus he is not of the same nature as the wit, who so often speaks from the tongue and no deeper. The wits desire is to be funny; the ironist is only funny as a secondary achievement. ~ Robertson Daviesproposed by InvisibleSun

— August 28 funny

Love does not dominate, it cultivates. And that is more. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goetheproposed by Kalki

— August 28 love

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