Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Gabriel Vahanian

Born: January 24, 1927
Died: August 30, 2012 (aged 85)
Bio: Gabriel Vahanian was a French Protestant Christian theologian who was most remembered for his pioneering work in the theology of the "death of God" movement within academic circles in the 1960s, and who taught for 26 years in the U.S.
Known for:
- Wait without idols (1964)
- Praise of the secular (2008)