Chi Quotes

“Naivety is cured with time. Stupidity is terminal.”
― Eliza Crewe, Cracked

“Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Anyone can plot a course with a map or compass; but without a sense of who you are, you will never know if you're already home.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Our body is a sacred temple
A place to connect with people.
As we aren't staying any younger
We might as well keep it stronger.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“I believe now that no matter what we consciously believe to be our true destination in life, unless we explore them all, we will never find it. The search may continue forever, and sometimes the only way to take some rest, is to convince ourselves that we have finally arrived, till we realise that we cannot stay where we are anymore. Hence we look back at the whole life itinerary, scanning all routes, crossroads and roundabouts, searching for a missing dream. We acknowledge whether we turned right, left, went straight or back. And no matter how far in space and time is that crossroad, we will return there and choose otherwise. When happiness or pain reach their climax, we often believe that the journey is over. And yet I can assure you that this is the best moment to acknowledge which routes we did not take, which dream we didn't dream, and choose again.”
― Franco Santoro

“Everything you think about is a meditation, and you could say that the very form of your consciousness follows what you put your attention to. So Chi is really just focused attention, and it is attention, or awareness, that brings about results of whatever kind, rather than some nebulous energy or vril force. But energy is a good metaphor.”
― James Curcio, Join My Cult!

“Those who connect more frequently with their needs and are in constant conversation with their own beings, they can establish a parameter of what kind of workout and effort must be applied, of what amount of energy disposed and to be utilized, it will serve many times as a thermometer for those who listen to their bodies needs and feel what the internal thermostat is saying.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“Qi is the Chinese word for "life energy". According to Chinese medicine, qi is the animating power that flows through all living things. A living being is filled with it. A dead person has no more qi. A healthy individual has more qi than one who is ill. However health is more than an abundance of qi. Health implies that the qi in our bodies is clear, rather than polluted and turbid, and flowing smoothly, liek a stream, not blocked or stagnant.”
― Kenneth S. Cohen, The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing

“We may not stay quick,
If we are weak or sage,
but a lot can squeak
As we start to age.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“The flowing movements and relaxing music softens the sense and release the soul. This way my students not only enjoy moving their bodies with ease, but they also have the satisfaction of knowing that they can benefit from this Art for as long as they shall live (that I presume will be much longer than the expected if they continue on their routine of practicing my "BalletTao") At my primary school, a colleague was reading a text out loud when he kicked this word: Ballet, which is pronounced with a soundless T. He hesitated and then read: Ballet accentuating the T in the end. It sounded like: Ballet-Chi. Who would guess that one day I would accept this as the correct way to use this word?"
The Dao Workbook Illustrated”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“Spiritual energy, or chi, is the life force within all things, and the potential used in magic to manifest one’s desires.”
― Alexandra Chauran, Faeries & Elementals for Beginners: Learn About & Communicate With Nature Spirits

“The life essence - this spirit or energy-force is within every human being, within all animals, birds and creatures that swim and crawl, within plants and trees, and within rocks and stones and minerals. It is even within the very elements themselves - within Water and Fire and Earth and even Air, for it is in the very winds that freshen and vitalise us and keep us 'alive'.”
― Kenneth Meadows, Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel