“It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.” - Johannes Brahms For Musi...

“Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity.” - Yotam Ottolenghi A...

“Faith is an oasis in the heart, which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.” – Khalil Gibran Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931) ...

“Quiet is better than loud.” - Dieter Rams Poetry Jam  this week has set the theme of “quiet” for the participants of the w...

“Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.” - John Greenleaf Whittier On Tuesdays I often post about books, ...

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time p...

“What a business is this of a portrait painter! You bring him a potato and expect he will paint you a peach.” - Gilbert Charles Stuart F...

“A good conscience is a continual feast.” - Robert Burton Today is St Nicholas’ Feast day and it is also my Name Day. In Greek cultur...

“Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche.” - Bruce Feirstein A vegetarian quiche recipe to serve to your real man. Easy enough for a real man to cook i...

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ulti...