Danais Concept Quotes & Sayings

A very small cause which escapes our notice determines a considerable effect that we cannot fail to see, and then we say that the effect is due to chance. — Henri Poincare

A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours. — Oscar Arias

My father emigrated from Lithuania to the United States at the age of 12. He received his higher education in New York City and graduated in 1914 from the New York University School of Dentistry. My mother came at the age of 14 from a part of Russia which, after the war, became Poland; she was only 19 when she was married to my father. — Gertrude B. Elion

It is the work and not the reward that is precious. — Leo Tolstoy

I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music. — Rashida Jones

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken. — Yanis Varoufakis

The mind states of liking and disliking can take up permanent residency in us, unconsciously feeding addictive behaviors in all domains of life. When we are able to recognize and name the seeds of greediness or craving, however subtle, in the mind's constant wanting and pursuing of the things or results that we like, and the seeds of aversion or hatred in our rejecting or maneuvering to avoid the things we don't like, that stops us for a moment and reminds us that such forces really are at work in our own minds to one extent or another almost all the time. It's no exaggeration to say that they have a chronic, viral-like toxicity that prevents us from seeing things as they actually are and mobilizing our true potential. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Online communities are an expression of loneliness. — Joanne Harris

Stand firm, don't flutter! — Benjamin Franklin