For some reason the evolutionists have not come up with an evolution-based explanation for why human beings react so powerfully to music. But surely they will.

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.

Yet it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love lust longing joy rage fear triumph yearning and confusion.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

Instead of focusing on that circumstances that you cannot change - focus strongly and powerfully on the circumstances that you can.

It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists there are only the dead many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.