Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.
I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.
Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.
The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.