The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity.

Success is like a rainbow

Lots of little good things make you happier than a handful of big things.

A good way to adjust to a healthier diet is to think of three meals you enjoy that are largely plant-based. Pasta with tomato sauce can be tweaked to whole-grain pasta with added vegetables.

If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them.

A woman's life is not perfect or whole till she has added herself to a husband. Nor is a man's life perfect or whole till he has added to himself a wife.

We cannot find peace if we are afraid of the windstorms of life.

Seventy-two virgins - does that make sense to anyone? And it's an ancient religion, maybe it was misinterpreted? Maybe it's not 72 virgins, maybe it's a 7-foot-2 Persian.

For myth is at the beginning of literature, and also at its end.

Once an absurdity is accepted as truth, it will seem truer the more absurd it is shown to be.

When I have a lot of work to do my life is very distracted, so for me to concentrate on music I need to create a structure where I can focus better.