Quotes

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. Harold Bloom, O Magazine, April 2003

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own...

What I dream of is an art of balance. Henri Matisse, O Magazine, April 2003

That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art....

So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with...

We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves....

If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full speed ahead without stopping for water,...

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone?The wisdom of life...

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Natalie Goldberg, O Magazine,...

In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its...