The body never lies.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

The body says what words cannot.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.

The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.

Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

Misery is a communicable disease.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

And Freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell!

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.

I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.

Anyone who meditates for a period of time will gradually become more sensitized to all of life.

I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.

The height of strategy, is to attack your opponent's strategy.

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings.