But the shortest works are always the best..

I don't like being shouted at..

Compassion arises naturally as the quivering of the heart in the face of pain, ours and another's. True compassion is not limited by the separateness….

Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing….

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant explo….

Hasn't anyone thought to look at outcomes as a logical way to figure out what really works? Not until recently. That tells you how far out of the pic….

Let us fill a cup and drink to that most noble, ridiculous, laughable, sublime figure in our lives... The Young Man Who Was. Let us drink to his drea….

The body's pain is so paper-thin and insignificant compared to that of the mind..

I finally realized that until you understand why you do things, you have no control over what you do..

I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the world. I accepted all th….

My brother could not write about trifles. Even in society he became animated only when some serious discussion was engaged in, and he complained of f….

I'd rather make music than tour..

As you get older, you learn there are some things out of your control..

Always choose the new, the less travelled by. Always choose the unknown, the less travelled by..

I believe musicians have a duty, a responsibility to reach out, to share your love or pain with others..

Do what you're afraid to do..

You can make your life so much larger simply be acknowledging everyone else's..

Given the ... multidisciplinary philosophy, I was surprised by the absence of alternative pain approaches - the whole spectrum of cranial-sacral mass….

You'll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings..

And yet, she knew she could be..

To me, NOTHING is 'new'..