“Essentially, the [New York] Philharmonic is just like any other orchestra-they all have the spirit of kids, and if you scratch away a little of the fatigue and cynicism, out comes a 17-year-old music student again, full of wonder, exuberance and a tremendous love of music.” IfsYearsLittlesKidsSpiritWonderNew YorkStudentsCynicismOrchestraScratchesFatigueMusic LoveCynicExuberanceOld Music Author:Zubin Mehta
“On the other hand, with a sense of the sacred, one grows in understanding and truth. The Holy Spirit becomes his frequent and then constant companion. More and more he will stand in holy places and be entrusted with holy things. Just the opposite of cynicism and despair, his end is eternal life.” EndsHandsSpiritGrowsUnderstandingHolyDespairEternalOppositesSacredConstantHoly SpiritCompanionCynicismEternal LifeHoly Places Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“An old body when it is loved becomes a sacred treasure; and sex itself must always, it seems to me, come to us as a sacrament and be so used or it is meaningless. The flesh is suffused by the spirit, and it is forgetting this in the act of love-making that creates cynicism and despair.” BodySeemsUsedSpiritSexForgetDespairSacredFleshTreasureMeaninglessCynicismSacramentsLove MakingActs Of Love Book:Recovering: A Journal Source: Recovering: A Journal