Daynotes Quotes & Sayings

Just as in a physical body the operation of one member contributes to the good of the whole body, so it is in a spiritual body such as the Church. And since all the faithful are one body, the good of one member is communicated to another; everyone members, as the Apostle says, of one another [Eph 4:25]. For that reason, among the points of faith handed down by the Apostles, is that there is a community of goods in the Church, and this is expressed in the words Communion of Saints. — Thomas Aquinas

The entire cosmos is a cooperative. The sun, the moon, and the stars live together as a cooperative. The same is true for humans and animals, trees, and the Earth. When we realize that the world is a mutual, interdependent, cooperative enterprise
then we can build a noble environment. If our lives are not based on this truth, then we shall perish. — Buddhadasa

Think about all of the times, situations, and circumstances where you have gotten caught up in making your self right rather than happy ... The harder you fight to win, the bigger you lose. — Phil McGraw

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter. — Francis Chan

The power of nonviolence is not circumstance-specific. It is as applicable to the problems that confront us now, as to problems that confronted generations in the past. It is not a medicine or a solution so much as a healing process. It is the active spiritual immune system of humanity. — Marianne Williamson

[The screw machine] was on the principle of the gauge or sliding lathe now in every workshop throughout the world; the perfection of which consists in that most faithful agent gravity, making the joint, and that almighty perfect number three, which is in harmony itself. I was young when I learned that principle. I had never seen my grandmother putting a chip under a three-legged milking-stool; but she always had to put a chip under a four-legged table, to keep it steady. I cut screws of all dimensions by this machine, and did them perfectly. (1846) — David Wilkinson

Fear is the greatest predator you encounter on your journey to greatness. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When reason fails, the devil helps! he thought with a strange grin. This chance raised his spirits extraordinarily. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Three things," he growls. "One, you're too fuckin' young for me. Two, because of that, don't ever kiss me again and three, fuck, darlin', you kiss like a fuckin' angel. — Bella Jewel

What men do is shaped by what they believe they can do. — J.M. Roberts

The first country conquered by any dictator is his own country. — Pete Seeger

Experience should teach us that it is always the unexpected that does occur. — Eleanor Roosevelt