Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

Self-consciousness is the curse of the city and all that sophistication implies.

Then why did you tell me?

I had good innings, as the British say. I wrote for 38 years at the top of my form, and I wanted to quit on a high note.

Whenever there is stillness there is the still small voice, God's speaking from the whirlwind, nature's old song, and dance.

These are our few live seasons. Let us live them as purely as we can, in the present.

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.