You said a line that helped me a lot ... this one was really inspirational for me," said Benmergui. "You say, 'love is not a victory march, just a cold and broken hallelujah' ... I'm not sure if love terrifies you or if it's a salvation." Cohen compared love to a "pit" that no one went into "well-armed." "I don't think there's anybody that masters love," he went on. "The heart is always cooking like shish kebab ... crackling and bubbling. "Nobody gets on top of these things, because you've got to surrender. Surrender means you've got to give up, and nobody wants to give up." Love reading, writing and art (including music) 细水长流 The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon To harbour spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for a narrow-minded or embittered man. - Chekhov’s “A boring story” All that glisters is not gold— Often have you heard that told. Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold. Gilded tombs do worms enfold - merchant of Venice To err is human, to forgive divine.- Alexander Pope When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel Adopt, don’t shop Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand. And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself. William Martin, The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents