Quotes About Lightness

A terrible burden seemed to drain from him.

And it is this merry heart, he goes on to explain, and how it must be cantered in God, for this merry heart has a holy lightness that has nothing to do with outside excitements, no, it is centred in God and happy, because it knows that not all of itself can be good, or anything, but only in and through God.

All my life, I have loved balloons - all balloons - the heavy English sort, immense and round, that have to be pushed about, and the gay, light, gas-filled French ones that soar into the air the moment you let go of them.

Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously.

What you do at the pulpit would be considered lunatic behaviour on the street. You can't go around terrorizing people and making them feel small and shitty and then call them evil when they destroy themselves. You will never walk down a street and feel a lightness come over you. You will never fly.

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 reason to be intimidated in the presence of later-stage modernity. Christianity has seen too many 'modern eras' to be cowed by this one.

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly." And she taught me that there is always a way around a problem—you've just got to find it. Keep trying doors; one will eventually open. She also taught me to accept failure as part and parcel of life. It's not the opposite of success; it's an integral part of success.

A heavy saddlebag makes a light heart.

Art is not to throw light but to be light...

Balance of emotions is what is important... and remembering to laugh at oneself. Alan Watts used to say that angels, like Daoist Immortals, can fly because they take themselves lightly!

You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.

Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable, and lightness has a call that's hard to hear.

To grasp the truth is a delicate gesture, like taking a hand in greeting, a lightness of touch is needed if one is to feel the presence of another being.

O exquisite relief! She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom! By

Being open to what's happening in front of you is the most important thing about being a director. To allow the magic to exist and to be light enough on your feet to harness it as it's happening. That's what makes cinema interesting.

Si he de arrastrar mi trampa, me cuidaré de que sea ligera y no me pellizque en una parte vital

People tend to take everything too seriously. Especially themselves.

Should a person possess a heart that is as light as a feather, then that person is granted immortality.

Can't nobody fly with all that shit. Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

Both life and work were a great deal more rewarding when you didn't take them seriously.

Spiritual humility is not about getting small, not about debasing oneself, but about approaching everything and everyone else with a readiness to see goodness and to be surprised. This is the humility of a child, which Jesus lauded. It is the humility of the scientist and the mystic. It has a lightness of step, not a heaviness of heart. That lightness is the surest litmus test I know for recognizing wisdom when you see it in the world or feel its stirrings in yourself.

When I skip, I have no worries.

Es indispensable tomar las cosas más a la ligera, eliminar el dramatismo y optar por la felicidad; crear un ambiente familiar lleno de risas, diversión y un poco de la simple trivialidad cotidiana de la vida.

Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.