We can scale the heights of mountains and see the world rayed out before us, but we fail to recognize that which is before us

I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.

I believe that my whole creative life stemmed from this magic hour under the stars on that hilltop.

You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

I have lived so long because in those moments when I am dancing, I am beyond time and space.

We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.

Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence.

It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind.

I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.

As we rise higher in the understanding of ourselves, the national and racial dissonances will be forgotten in the universal rhythms of Truth and Love

I see the dance being used as a means of express what is too deep, too fine for words.

The Lord does not reject any one who comes to him.

In life, most decisions are a case of let go to get.

We've all lost something along the way.

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

You can't judge Islam by those people any more than you can judge Christians by abortion clinic bombers or white separatists. Love turn to hate at the fringes of any belief system.

As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.

It's fun! Just fun...I don't think of it as a cabaret act per se, I call it more of a gig, if that makes any sense

I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies.

The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.

Sometimes you have to follow your uncommon sense.