Make us eternal truths receive, And practice all that we believe: Give us thyself, that we may see The Father and the Son, by thee.

Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.

To speak another language is to have another soul

Herbs are the friend of the physician and the pride of cooks.

I never became primarily a musician! I've always been a wanderer and I'm always bored.

It's been my experience, Langford, that the past always has a way of returning. Those who don't learn, or can't remember it, are doomed to repeat it.

Not that I have anything against music now, but I just hated being an anything. I don't know why.

People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions.

I'm not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling.

I actually started as a singer in Brooklyn, and I lived in a community. To get out of the ghetto of my community, I was a musician.

Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch an illiterate adult try to do it.

If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me.

Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

Jerusalem is holy to three religions. You have to respect that.

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.

Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.