Trust me, ’ he says with a touch of impatience.‘Stop asking me to do that, ’ I say, equally as impatiently.

I need a favour.’I raise my eyebrows at him in disbelief. What makes him think I’m about to do him a favour? He’s a stranger. And he’s wearing handcuffs.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

A mathematician believes that describing the speed of Mercury with equations amounts to science.

Love the person, not his position.

People make mistakes. They look at the surface of things and see what they want to.

Our rewards in life will always be in direct ratio to our service.

The ocean does not require that the waves are still to be more ocean-like.

I always felt like I was on the move, that I was going towards something.

A functional team must make the collective results of the group more important to each individual than individual members' goals.

The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.

It was a wonderful opportunity. And so for two and a half years we lived with [Bernard] Leach.