Archive for the 'quote of the day' Category

Quote of the day: VITALITY

September 29, 2010

VITALITY

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

— Martha Graham, in a letter to Agnes deMille

QUOTE OF THE DAY: Touch

September 28, 2010

Rediscovering the sense of touch returns you to the hearth of your own spirit, enabling you to experience warmth, tenderness, and belonging. At the highest moments of human intensity, words become silent. Then the language of touch truly speaks.

–John O’Donohue, Anam Cara

Quote of the day: HURT

September 23, 2010

HURT

When a beast is hurt it roars in incomprehension.
When a bird is hurt it huddle sin its nest.

But when a man is hurt,
he makes himself an expert.
Then he stands there with a glass in his hand
staring into nothing
as if he was forming an opinion.

— Tony Hoagland, from “When Dean Young Talks About Wine”

Quote of the day: OPPORTUNITY

September 20, 2010

OPPORTUNITY

Don’t let opportunities take advantage of you.

— Patrick Scully

Quote of the day: LOVE

August 27, 2010

LOVE

Love is the way messengers
from the mystery tell us things.

— Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks)