Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body sick.

It is amazing that our souls - our eternal essences, with all their hopes and dreams and visions of an eternal world - are contained within these temporal bodies. No wonder suffering is part of the human condition.

The light of the sacred prostitute penetrates to the heart of this darkness. . . . she is the consecrated priestess, in the temple, spiritually receptive to the feminine power flowing through her from the Goddess, and at the same time joyously aware of the beauty and passion in her human body.

The connection between conscious and unconscious poses particular problems in the dancer because the body is the soul of action.

At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound.

There is no sense talking about "being true to yourself" until you are sure what voice you are being true to. It takes hard work to differentiate the voices of the unconscious.

Most of us are dragged toward wholeness.