Daryk Academy Quotes & Sayings

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you. — Peter Benchley

There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. — Napoleon Bonaparte

By then, [1737]...the French were taking advantage of the new "reading rooms" created by architects such as Blondel and of new seat furniture and had begun a practice we now call curling up with a good book. — Joan DeJean

The journey of success requires a map for effective navigation. Establish a destination by defining what you want. Once you have a destination, take physical action by making choices that move you towards that destination. — Steve Maraboli

If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a man praying for his enemies as he died for them, sacrificing for them, loving them - if that sinks into your heart of hearts, it's going to produce the kind of life that the early Christians produced. The most inclusive possible life out of the most exclusive possible claim - and that is this is the truth. But what is the truth? The truth is a God become weak, loving and dying for the people who opposed him, dying forgiving them. — Timothy Keller

It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house. — Kahlil Gibran

Some people say I'm attractive. I say I agree. — Cybill Shepherd

There is an Indian fable of three beings who drank from a river: one was a god, and he drank ambrosia; one was a man, and he drank water; and one was a demon, and he drank filth. What you get is a function of your own consciousness. — Joseph Campbell

Zen is discipline - the discipline of living life, the discipline of taking a breath, the discipline of not knowing and not trying to know. — Frederick Lenz