We should realize in a vivid and revolutionary sense that we are not in our bodies but our bodies are in 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 question of bread for myself is a material question, but the question of bread for my neighbor is a spiritual question.

The meaning of existence is that you have simply existed at all.

Life—life—how cruel it is! Nothing but tears and sorrow and despair! Not a moment of happiness! Not a moment of joy.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

I really like working by myself without any distractions, learning from my own mistakes.

Doing the right thing is easy. [It is] much more difficult [to...] figure out what [the right thing] is.

What do women want? To be treated like a queen; but by a king, not a pawn.

I can't improve on how the Bible expresses itself, so I don't even try.

A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.

How a hat makes you feel is what a hat is all about.