"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans: it’s lovely to be silly at the right moment."
-- Horace
"We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life."
-- Martha Graham
"The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations."
-- Julie Cameron
"For all those years you’ve protected the seed. It’s time to become the beautiful flower."
-- Stephen C. Paul
"Strive to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To be too wise for worry, too tolerant for hate, and too courageous to be fearful. In short, to be happy."
-- Unknown Source
Calm the mind
"All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone."
-- Blaise Pascal
"Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call my true nature, what Jews call the still, small voice, what Christians call the holy spirit."
-- Wayne Muller
"In a world filled with noise, we need to quiet ourselves to hear God’s voice."
--Paul Borthwick
