Events fall into a pattern that we can only discern retrospectively. We credit ourselves with far more agency than we actually possess. Things happen because they happen.

It could be said of him that while others chased the mirage of happiness, he was happy with being content.

History does not remember the forgettable. It honors the unique minority the majority cannot forget.

Spontaneity is the province of youth

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Goals are like stepping-stones to the stars. They should never be used to put a ceiling or a limit on achievement

A man's idee in a card game is war

I like roses, ones with sharp thorns. Pretty to look at but hurts to touch, that's like me.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

'Arbitrary' and 'odd' are the words which best describe the pattern of my career. I'm perpetually baffled by the whole thing.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

No man doth safely rule, but he that hath learned gladly to obey.