Home is the place that goes where you go, yet it welcomes you upon your return. Like a dog overjoyed at the door. We've missed you is what you hear, no matter how long you've been gone.

The cat is a character of being, the dog, a character of doing.

Haiku is a way of culling things from the stream of things that rush past the senses.

I think I know where my life went wrong. For all the world's a stage and I'm a lousy actor!

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.

Events are like horses. Sometimes they run away. After they've run for a while, though, they'll start to walk again. Then there'll be a time to put everything together.

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

All isms end in fascism.

Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.

I am willing to move out of my comfort zone and experience life in a new way.

Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people.

All the opportunities you let slip by! The idea, the inspiration just doesn´t come fast enough. Instead of being open, you´re closed up tight. That´s the worst sin of all - the sin of omission.