"Dance exists first on this primordial level, not on an intellectual plane (even though it requires skill and intelligence). Its inmost substance cannot be reasoned, only experienced."

-- Sondra Horton Fraleigh

#Skills Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Mathematics is the only instructional material that can be presented in an entirely undogmatic way.”
“You have to pay attention to who you are. You need to know your family history as well as you can. It is important for young women to have preventive care. If you catch any women's cancers early it's the difference between life and death. Do you really want to leave your kids without a mother?”
“I certainly support civil unions.”
“I won't play with you anymore. You have insulted my friend -when an opponent cursed himself for a blunder”
“People can be so heartless and dirty.”
“The power of life that is buried deep inside you will never rise up until you have become convinced that you're walking the only path open for you.”

Source : Kosho Uchiyama, Tom Wright, Jisho Warner (2004). “Opening the Hand of Thought: Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice”, p.120, Simon and Schuster
“The starting point is a question.”
“Heavy laden -- that's what I am. Laden with pride, often thinking myself better than others while we have to think the other one better than ourselves. Laden with my own egotism. Laden with all my sins. And when I went to bed last night and thought about everything and wanted to bring all those difficulties to God, I couldn't even find the words!”

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