“Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.” GivingTodayDifficultCan DoLinesSimpleStepsPurePerfectionComplicatedDancer Author:Natalia Makarova
“Blessed is that Christian who can accept at the start by simple faith that which others reach only through years of questioning and reach it only then because they give up trying to analyze it and decide to accept it.” GivingTryingYearsChristianSimpleAcceptingGiving UpBlessedChristian InspirationalQuestioningThrough The YearsSimple Faith Author:Vance Havner
“People are pretty simple: they do what they are rewarded for doing. If they get multimillion-dollar bonuses by taking huge risks with other people's money - as they still do - then they will continue to take those huge risks, and not give it another thought.” PeopleIfsGivingStillsSimpleRiskHugeDollarsBonus Author:William D. Cohan
“Overconsumption is a "cancer eating away at our spiritual vitals." It cuts the heart right out of our compassion. It distances us from the great masses of broken bleeding humanity. It converts us into materialists. We become less able to ask moral questions. For example, just because we have the economic muscle to buy up vast amounts of the world's oil, does that give us the right to do so? When the poor farmer of India is unable to buy a gallon of gasoline to run his simple water pump because the world's demand has priced him out of the market, who is to blame?” WorldGivingHeartDoeRunningAbleSpiritualHumanityAsksWaterSimplePoorCompassionMoralCuttingEconomicExampleBrokenAmountDemandEatingMassIndiaBlameDistanceCancerOilMusclesFarmersConsumerismBleedingPumpsOverconsumptionGasolineGallons Author:Richard J. Foster
“To be in thousands of states of mind simultaneously as you perform simple physical tasks gives you a reverence for life. Each of these outer manifestations of life is God.” GivingMindStatesLife IsSimpleBuddhismMindfulnessTasksManifestationState Of MindReverenceReverence For Life Author:Frederick Lenz
“The spectator, as he walks the gallery, will stop, or pass along. To give a general air of grandeur at first view, all trifling, or artful play of little lights, or an attention to a variety of tints is to be avoided; a quietness and simplicity must reign over the whole work, to which a breadth of uniform and simple color will very much contribute.” GivingFirstsLittlesPlayWholeLightSimpleWalksViewsAttentionAirColorSimplicityVarietyUniformsReignSpectatorsAvoidedGalleryGrandeurBreadthQuietnessTrifling Book:The Literary works of sir Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy Source: The Literary works of sir Joshua Reynolds, first President of the Royal Academy
“Share your enthusiasm with the collector's enthusiasm for the work, and discover things together. Be nice and appreciative and at the same time give them the hint that you're a winner so they believe they've made a good investment. It's simple common sense.” GivingBelieveMadeTogetherSimpleCommonNiceShareInvestmentCommon SenseEnthusiasmWinnerBeing NiceHintsCollectorsAppreciative Author:Mark Kostabi
“When practiced to its fullest, mindful eating turns a simple meal into a spiritual experience, giving us a deep appreciation of all that went into the meal's creation as well a deep understanding of the relationship between the food on our table, our own health, and our planet's health.” GivingWellsMotivationalSpiritualTurnsUnderstandingSimpleCreationPlanetsEatingTablesAppreciationMealsOur PlanetSpiritual ExperienceDeep Understanding Author:Nhat Hanh
“The Buddha said, 'Nothing can survive without food.' This is a very simple and very deep truth. Love and hate are both living phenomena. If we do not nourish our love, it will die and may turn into hate. If we want love to last, we have to nurture it and give it food every day. Hate is the same; if we don't feed it, it cannot survive.” IfsWantGivingMaySaidMotivationalLastsHateDiesTurnsSimpleNurtureOur LoveVery DeepLove And HateTruth Love Author:Nhat Hanh
“Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway version of the Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts box that says, “Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.” GivingMaySimpleComfortHotBoxesPopsVersionsWarningTrafficFillingLawsuitPastriesTartsPlacebo Book:Traffic Source: Traffic
“Extreme right-wingers are known for giving God a bad name; extreme left-wingers are known for giving God a weak name. He's not as simple as conservative versus liberal, old versus new. His wings are balanced. God is both and neither.” GivingNamesLeftSimpleKnownWeakWingsConservativeExtremesBalancedVersus Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and of the lamb, Prayer! Prayer will give you the key of heaven! Bold and pure as innocence, strong, like all that is single and simple, this glorious, invincible Queen rests, nevertheless, on the material world; she takes possession of it; like the sun, she clasps it in a circle of light.” WorldGivingHumansLightEarthStrongHeavenPrayerSimpleWhiteSunVirtueMaterialsKeysPureShiningPossessionCirclesInnocenceQueensGloriousCompanionLionsNeverthelessVirginsCovenantLambsInvincibleMaterial WorldArk Author:Honore de Balzac