We all really need to listen to each other, including to the boring bits.
Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.
I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.
My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions.
Prayer is when you talk to God. Meditation is when you're listening. Playing the piano allows you to do both at the same time.
The greatest sin is judgment without knowledge.
I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.
The intelligence community gets hurt through sequestration.
Making music makes me feel vulnerable in the best possible way. It gives me a feeling of balance.
. . . As Thomas Kuhn pointed out in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, new scientific theories in any field are regarded with skepticism because scientists become attached to the old perspective earlier in their careers.
The spirit of meditation is the combating of self-willed thinking-it is a combat against the weight of one's feelings.