"The outer form is a temporary reflection of what you are within, in your essence. That is why love and beauty can never leave you, although all outer forms will."

“Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward, I am filled with vision. Looking upwards, I am filled with strength. Looking within, I discover peace.”

“You might slip, you might slide You might stumble and fall by the roadside But don't you ever let nobody drag your spirit down Remember you're walking up to heaven, don't let nobody turn you around”

Source : Song: Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he knows that every day is Doomsday.”

“There is only one course of action against terrorists: to defeat them abroad before they attack us at home.”

“We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. We couldn't do it, butGod did.”

“In the mirror of your paper you will discover your identity as an artist.”

“When you go to a Japense wedding, make sure that you tie the ribbon on the present tightly because if you don't, you may imply that you don't think the marriage will last.”

Source : Source: www.choprafoundation.org

“To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea.”

Source : Agnes De Mille (2015). “Dance to the Piper”, p.233, New York Review of Books