Asleep or awake, writing or reading, whatever you do, you must never be without the remembrance of God.
If you are a man of learning, read something classic, a history of the human struggle and don't settle for mediocre verse.
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don't open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down the dulcimer. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
I don't want learning, or dignity, or respectability. I want this music, and this dawn, and the warmth of your cheek against mine.