swami vivekananda

"Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow...

"For if there is one common doctrine that runs through all our apparently fighting and contradictory sects, it is that all glory, power, and purity are within the soul already."

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Independence Day – Indonesia

August 17 every year

We, the Indonesian people, hereby declare the independence of Indonesia. Matters concerning the transfer of power, etc., will be carried out in a conscientious manner and as speedily as possible.

Jakarta, 17th day of the 8th month, 1945
Soekarno/Hatta

Just two days after Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan, [...]

August 17th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: August holidays, Independence Days, Indonesia | Leave a comment

Death of San Martín

August 17 every year

…never had I entertained any ambition other than to merit the hatred of the ungrateful and the esteem of the virtuous.

-José de San Martín, July 22, 1820

San Martín did both.

One of the greatest heroes of Pan-American history, San Martín was an exceptionally rare kind in that, after achieving what he [...]

August 17th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Argentina, August holidays | 5 comments