Now my belly is as noble as my heart.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of both physical and emotional well-being as equally valuable.
Gabriela Mistral's quote reflects a profound connection between the physical self and the emotional or spiritual self. By stating that her 'belly is as noble as my heart', she suggests that both the body and the heart (or compassion) hold equal worth and dignity. This recognition implies that taking care of one's physical health is as important as nurturing one's emotional and moral integrity, promoting a holistic view of a person's identity and well-being.
In practice
In a speech about self-care, one might say, 'As Gabriela Mistral wisely noted, my belly is as noble as my heart, reminding us to honor our physical and emotional health equally.'
I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in my throat. For a long time I’ve been the servant of the song that comes, that appears and can’t be buried away. How to seal myself up now?…It no longer matters to me who receives what I submit. What I carry out is, in that respect, greater and deeper than I, I am merely the channel.
You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.
Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.
Many things we need can wait. The child cannot. Now is the time his bones are formed, his mind developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow, his name is today.
Contention does not usually begin as strife between countries. More often, it starts with an individual, for we can contend within ourselves over simple matters of right and wrong. From there, contention can infect neighbors and nations like a spreading sore.
You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics, in which nothing but laws and formulas exist, no reality, no good and evil, no time, no yesterday, no tomorrow, nothing but an eternal, shallow, mathematical present.
It is being common-born that is dangerous, when the great lords play their game of thrones.
The fact is, that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind . . . From the very first he set before the consciousness things which it could not tolerate.
I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words
Human life as a whole is not inundated by technique. It has room for activities that are not rationally or systematically ordered. But the collision between spontaneous activities and technique is catastrophic for the spontaneous activities.
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