A versifier’s poem is born by the sound

Do not be sorrow in the storm. Let the joy of Lord be your strength to smile.

A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.

Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history.

Alekhine developed as a player much more slowly than most. In his twenties, he was an atrocious chessplayer, and didn't mature until he was well into his thirties.

The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things.

I'm not crazy about how sort of homogenized pop music become. It used to be much more diverse. Maybe it's just what's played on the radio sounds very much the same.

The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious.

You find ways to push yourself into the sound through repetition. It doesn't stay the same. It morphs constantly.

Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate.

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors.