Daily Dao Quotes & Sayings

Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out is mute. Only chance can speak to us. We read its message much as gypsies read the images made by coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup. — Milan Kundera

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics. — Joyce Meyer

Fossil fuels are merely a part of the "natural capital" which we steadfastly insist on treating as expendable, as if it were income, and by no means the most important part. If we squander our fossil fuels, we threaten civilisation; but if we squander the capital represented by living nature around us, we threaten life itself. — Ernst F. Schumacher

Without bravery, we will never be able to realize the vaulting scope of our own capacities. Without bravery, we will never know the world as richly as it longs to be known. Without bravery, our lives will remain small - far smaller than we probably want our lives to be. — Jack Gilbert

You really have need of very little, but each of us must decide how much he wants. — Anne Rice

We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention. — Mark Twain

Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals. — Seth

The secret of life is in art. — Oscar Wilde

All around us are complex people trying to live simple lives," she said. "Wanting simple things with tangled hearts. — Cole McCade

When evening comes, I go back home, and go to my study. On the threshold I take off my work clothes, covered in mud and filth, and put on the clothes an ambassador would wear. Decently dressed, I enter the ancient courts of rulers who have long since died. There I am warmly welcomed, and I feed on the only food I find nourishing, and was born to savor. I am not ashamed to talk to them, and to ask them to explain their actions. And they, out of kindness, answer me. Four hours go by without my feeling any anxiety. I forget every worry. I am no longer afraid of poverty, or frightened of death. I live entirely through them. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Look for the exception to every rule and you'll find it. — Marty Rubin

TV-makers usually don't know much about photography. — Martin Parr

But, I tell myself, Weight is just an artifact of gravity. If this were a jazz club on the moon, I would weigh less. — Weike Wang