Dancing Quotes

A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech.

Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating; the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to ... you have uncovered in yourself your own wise guide. Because he or she knows you through and through, since he or she is you, your guide can help you, with increasing clarity and humor, negotiate all the difficulties of your thoughts and emotions ... The more often you listen to this wise guide, the more easily you will be able to change your negative moods yourself, see through them, and even laugh at them for the absurd dramas and ridiculous illusions that they are ... The more you listen, the more guidance you will receive. If you follow the voice of your wise guide ... and let the ego fall silent, you come to experience that presence of wisdom and joy and bliss that you really are.

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack.

Tell me something, my friend. Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The IRS spends God knows how much of your tax money on these toll-free information hot lines staffed by IRS employees, whose idea of a dynamite tax tip is that you should print neatly. If you ask them a real tax question, such as how you can cheat, they're useless. So, for guidance, you want to look to big business. Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes.

Spirituality is not constant meditation and an indifference to surrounding conditions and responsibilities; rather, it is doing those things which are in accordance with the mind and will of God. It concerns itself with temporal life as well as with things of the spirit.

If we want to possess poise and to be capable of clear thinking, it is essential, first of all, to rise above the confusion of conflicting rumors and diverse opinions and listen to the eternal verities which God has given to men for their guidance and preservation.

Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have.

Again, we must ask ourselves why the people that brought war, plane crashes, political corruption, lap dancing and serial killers to our breakfast tables and into our living rooms are trying to sooth us with futuristic Web browsers, all buttons and spinning logos