When you dance, do you feel desire? Do you feel as if you were summoning up a greater energy? When you dance, are there moments when you cease to be yourself?

Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life.

I'm like everyone else—I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen, not what actually does.

Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.

Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?’ ‘Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?

I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen