![I have this habit of asking 'why do you want to do it?' and then interrupting them to say, 'here's why you want to do it.' Because it's in the 'yes...and' spirit [rule of improvisation].](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-have-this-habit-of-asking-why-do-you-want-to-do-it-and-then-interrupting-the.jpg)
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spiritual stronger reverence-for-life
The stronger the reverence for natural life, the stronger grows also that for spiritual life. Albert Schweitzer
spiritual thinking self
Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe.
spiritual strong age
Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.
spiritual philosophy profound
Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
spiritual foundation sincerity
Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
spiritual independent reverence-for-life
Reverence for life brings us into a spiritual relation with the world which is independent of all knowledge of the universe.
spiritual yoga deep-life
By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.
spiritual thinking soul
I always think that we live, spiritually, By what others have given us in the significant hours of our life. These significant hours do not announce themselves as coming, but arrive unexpected.
habit hands keeps played sean tends today trying
Sean tends to keep his hands down, but when he keeps them up he?s nasty. It?s a little habit we?re trying to get him out of. Today he played very well. Tom Burns
habits morals mostly social
Morals being mostly only social habits and circumstantial necessities. George Bernard Shaw
habit bad-habits
Lookin' back is a bad habit. Charles Portis
habit retired
I've retired so many times now it's getting to be a habit. Dick Van Dyke
habit rather staring streets stuff
I have a strange habit of walking down streets and staring up, rather than looking at shopfronts and stuff like that. Michael Redhill
habitat people places taking urban
Some of it has to do with habitat loss, urban sprawl taking away places where people used to hunt. And people just don't have time. Steve Wagner
habit jude older saw sister wore
Sister Jude was one of the older ones, she always wore her habit. Never saw her without it.
habits rooted social toward
Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. Stephen Covey
habitat human offspring sensitive
We don't know how long they live, what kind of habitat they prefer, how many offspring they have, or how sensitive they are to human disturbance. There's still so much to learn.
improvisation haphazard
Improvisation is terribly haphazard. Leo Ornstein
improvisation
I've always been into improvisation. Tommy Chong
improvisation composition selective
Composition is selective improvisation. Igor Stravinsky
improvisation
To work from nature is to improvise. Georges Braque
improvisation
I love improvisation. Nora Dunn