Danielou J Quotes & Sayings

The faithful of Shiva or Dionysus seek contact with those forces which ... lead to a refusal of the politics, ambitions and limitations of ordinary social life. This does not involve simply a recognition of world harmony, but also an active participation in an experience which surpasses and upsets the order of material life. — Alain Danielou

Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future. — Fela Kuti

If freedom, personal responsibility, self-initiative, honesty, integrity, and concern for others rank high in your system of values, and if they represent characteristics you would like to see in your children, then you will want to be a trustful parent. None of these can be taught by lecturing, coercion, or coaxing. They are acquired or lost through daily life experiences that reinforce or suppress them. You can help your children build these values by living them yourself and applying them in your relationship with your children. Trust promotes trustworthiness. Self-initiative and all of the traits that depend on self-initiative can develop only under conditions of freedom. — Peter Gray

[She was] a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad; thirsty for all knowledge; with an ear straining after dreamy music that died away and would not come near to her; with a blind unconscious yearning for something that would link together the wonderful impressions of this mysterious life, and give her soul a sense of home in it. — George Eliot

The internet has a way of mainstreaming everything. Any artist, any musician, any sexual kink, any political view point, it's all there. — Arthur Jones

Dimitri might run off with Tasha, but I would still love him. I would probably always love him. — Richelle Mead

As the saying goes: time is money- so give me some money to think. — Raymond Queneau

We have only to see how that which makes up the reality of our lives relates to our vocation; we have only to hear the call God makes to us to work with him. Quite often it is not a matter of doing something different, but doing it differently. — Jean Danielou

I think people who live in the worlds that movies are based on end up disliking them. Unless they're from a different time and era. — Jason Sudeikis

There is nothing as sincere as a mother's kiss. — Saleem Sharma

The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God. — A.W. Tozer

Hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. You have more faith than you think you do. — Jeffrey R. Holland

Well, let's just hope it doesn't come to that." I started back down the alley. "Truthfully, it's not you I'm so much worried about as your ass. It's like the Eighth Wonder of the World or something. Be a shame to deprive future generations of Dreamers, don't you think?" My stomach rumbled. "Come on, I'm starving." A snort escaped him. "Nice to know you care." I patted my belly and shrugged. "Yeah, well. A girl's gotta have priorities. — Allison Pang

The most dangerous tendency of the modern world is the way in which bogus theories are given the force of dogma. — Jean Danielou

I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that. — Barack Obama

I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words. — Terry Jones

You can live well here. Compared to the top 40 metro areas in the nation, Charlotte has the 12th lowest cost of living. — Harry Hoover

The real "opium of the people", distracting men's minds from their essential task, is the communist myth of an earthly paradise. — Jean Danielou