This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Dominic (talk | contribs) at 10:24, 11 November 2006 (wishlist). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 10:24, 11 November 2006 by Dominic (talk | contribs) (wishlist)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
What matters in being loyal or just is that you do fulfil the charge, in a wine-feast that you do enjoy, in mourning that you do grieve, in serving parents that you do please them. To the glory of fulfilling the charge you can pick your own route; in serving parents, if you do please them they won't raise difficulties about how you did it; in the wine-feast, if you do enjoy you won't be finicky about the cups; in mourning, if you do grieve no one quibbles about the rite.
The rites are what the custom of the times has established. The genuine is the means by which we draw upon Heaven; it is spontaneous and irreplaceable. Therefore the sage, taking Heaven as his model, values the genuine and is untramelled by custom. The fool does the opposite; incapable of taking Heaven as his model he frets about man, ignorant of how to value the genuine he timidly lets himself be altered by custom, and so is an unsatisfied man. What a pity you were steeped so soon in man's artificialities, and are so late in hearing the greatest Way!
- Zhuangzi, trans. A.C. Graham
Favorite authors
|
| Philosophies to live (and edit) by: |
| If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. |
| -Isaac Asimov |
| The universe is wider than our views of it. |
| -Henry David Thoreau |
| To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. |
| -Henry David Thoreau |
| As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it. |
| -Albert Einstein |
|
A little information about me:
In Misplaced Pages
|
|
Vanity
-
Awarded to a fine member of the Misplaced Pages community (Mindspillage)
-
Barnstar, awarded by User:Zora to Dmcdevit for being a notorious iconoclast and zealot in reverting POV edits!
-
For many, many reversions and deletions of vandalism. Ingoolemo
-
This one goes to Dmcdevit for conceiving the idea of speedying new unreferenced articles: the best thing since 3RR! --Dijxtra 07:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
-
the original, unabridged barnstar goes to Dmcdevit for his vast contributions to Misplaced Pages. Redwolf24 (talk) 03:29, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
-
This WikiMedia for janitorial services is awarded to Dmcdevit for his transwiki work (Weyes)
-
The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas (Hamster Sandwich)
-
The Mouldy Sandwich for fetching a precious token out of the deletion log for User:Mareino
-
Hard as nails. Hamster Sandwich 18:40, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
-
For being the best Wikipedian there is. For always looking out for the project above everything else. For always being available for help. Just for being terrific and for being terrific for a long long time. Woohookitty 06:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
-
I award Dmcdevit this barnstar for his efforts in clearing the Common duplicates from Misplaced Pages.Blnguyen | rant-line 02:01, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
-
For your ArbCom work and ability to hold through tough situations, I award you this Barnstar of ArbCom General Ass-Kicking. Thank you for perfoming this task with the great skill you do. Yours, Snoutwood (talk) 21:15, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
