Lightness Quotes

92 quotes by 78 authors

There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. The Christian intellect has no… — Thomas Oden
When the asana is correct, there is lightness, a freedom. Freedom comes when every part of the body is active. Let us be free in… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Being free brings a lightness, a carefree surrender to all that is happening around you, and, above all, an acceptance of reality. — Deepak Chopra
I have to confess that I had gambled on my soul and lost it with heroic insouciance and lightness of touch. The soul is so… — Charles Baudelaire
The process of growth is, it seems, the art of falling down. Growth is measured by the gentleness and awareness with which we once again… — Stephen Levine
Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw… — Ajahn Chah
While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean. — John de Ruiter
People say my films are dark. But like lightness, darkness stems from a reflection of the world. The thing is, I get these ideas that… — David Lynch
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility. — Martin Puryear
Hugely enjoyable and insightfulGosling has produced the perfect combination of rigorous research and lightness of prose to create a book that will transform every reader… — Richard Wiseman
Forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. Freedom is pitted against slavery; lightness against the dark...… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
When an asana is done correctly the body movements are smooth, there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart. — Robert Fulghum
All the characters I play are all inside of me in a way, and they're all different, the darkness, the lightness, whatever that is. — Alexander Skarsgard
You have to be courageous in life to allow a lightness to engage your being. It is easy to be a jerk. To be unhappy… — Frederick Lenz
I don't feel drawn to lightness, I need something more. I feel that - oh, I hate saying this, it sounds so wanky - but… — Kate Dickie
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of… — Adam Gopnik
As a general proposition, campaigns do not linger on the vice presidential nominee. When they have, it's always meant very bad news for the ticket.… — Jeff Greenfield
To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. — Eckhart Tolle

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