Martha Graham Quotes

. . . it seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

When you recognize the festive and the still moments as moments of prayer, then you gradually realize that to pray is to live.

I love dancing, and I dance for my own happiness.

The blog is meant to be a bit of a side chapel - a place to slip into and still and encounter the glory of God - and come away again with a fresh sense that your life, right where you are, is a holy experience - that God dwells with you and in you, and where you are is holy ground, worthy of reverence and celebration and wonder.

Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

Love is a sacred silence.

Dance is an art that imprints on the soul. It is with you every moment, it expresses itself in everything you do.

Dancing is a gift. You are supposed to do it; it's like breathing.

Dancing was a big part of my life, but I would never consider myself a dancer. I adore singing, and music has always been a huge part of my life, but I also enjoy acting.

Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual

When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.

Where there is sorrow, there is holy ground.

God has two thrones, on in the highest heavens, the other in the lowliest heart.

One is the path of devotion, what in India is called BHAKTI yoga, the path of love and devotion - a Meera, a Chaitanya, dancing and singing, losing themselves completely in the act. When Meera is dancing there is only dance, there is no Meera; the dancer is completely merged into the dance. When Chaitanya is singing and dancing there is no Chaitanya; he has become one with the act.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

... true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.

Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.

There is no need to get to a place of prayer; pray wherever you are.

Forget the dancer, the center of the ego; become the dance. That is meditation.

I have faith in Faith, I have reverence for all true Reverence.

Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals.

Where there is faith there is an awareness of holiness.