What is time to a water rat? What is time to the river? Only we humans obsess over days and minutes, hours and seasons.

Keep your hand on the helm.

One takes what the river offers, both good and bad. The joy of living by running water far outweighs the sorrow.

Be patient with your boaters and let them rant. Most of them will get over it come December.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

Man suppresses the truth, mixes it with error, and develops the religions of the world.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

I don't say anything unintentionally.

The hallmark of a person who is following the pathway to enlightenment is that they bring excellence into everything, no matter how crappy they feel.

I will say it is great to have a woman in charge of the country.

That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.

I've got a really sweet tooth and sometimes I just have to have some chocolate.

The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die.

You always go in with the intention of playing your best and knowing the material you're auditioning.