Hills are speedwork in disguise.
Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere-come and get your share.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body.
Age is no guarantee of maturity.
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.
Everyone has left me except my muse, that good nurse. She stays in my hand, a mild white mouse.
One must travel, to learn. Every day, now, old Scriptural phrases that never possessed any significance for me before, take to themselves a meaning.
Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their dreams; but evil remains, and so long as it lurks in the secret places of the heart, utopia is only the shadow of a dream
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.
Never follow your dreams. Follow your effort. It's not about what you can dream of. That's easy. It's about whether or not it's important enough to you to do the work to be ready to be successful in that business.
Smile, breathe, go slowly.
It is not the body, nor the personality that is the true self. The true self is eternal. Even on the point of death we can say to ourselves, "my true self is free. I cannot be contained. "
A choreographic idea flows only as fast as the initiator can communicate it to bodies and see them realize it.
I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.
Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation.
I'm always doing things I can't do. That's how I get to do them.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.