"Is the humanism intuitive or labored over?, the answer is: Yes. It begins intuitively, it becomes the reason for writing the thing, and then it's to be considered and fine-tuned and even calculated."

“The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.”

“That was an idea of the record company, and also that was my first album after MCA and we wanted to come back with a strong album that would be noticed. If we put the vocals by very talented people and very meaningful songs, then the vocals would be a platform so that I could be noticed again. All of the MCA albums were just loaded with problems -- you know, the right musicians, the engineers. The record company would say 'You have to make music for black radio, you can't do what you have been doing with The Crusaders.' Everybody was telling me that was over, finished, done.”

Source : Interview with Pete Fogel, steelydanreader.com. October 1992.

“Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.”

“One thing I am convinced more and more is true, and that is this: The only way to be truly happy is to make others happy. When you realize that and take advantage of the fact, everything is made perfect.”

Source : William Carlos Williams, John C. Thirlwall (1957). “The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams”, p.5, New Directions Publishing

“Are there still other possibilities? Of course there are. What is important to recognize is that all three historical options are really there, and the choice will depend on our collective world behavior over the next fifty years. Whichever option is chosen, it will not be the end of history, but in a real sense its beginning. The human social world is still very young in cosmological time. In 2050 or 2100, when we look back at capitalist civilization, what will we think?”

“Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.”

“Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.”

“If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.”

Source : Watchman Nee (1993). “The collected works of Watchman Nee”