God finds himself by creating.

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.

You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.

Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit, but I am indeed touched by the joys. This book is an ode to such joys, a digest of my collections from various sources.

He alone may chastise who loves.

The singer alone does not make a song, there has to be someone who hears. -Broken Song

Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value.