A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

God is not looking at your abilities, talents, self-worth to be qualified to be his disciple

It does not take a great supernatural heroine or magical hero to save the world.

We all save it every day, and we all destroy it -- in our own small ways -- by every choice we make and every tiniest action resulting from that choice.

The next time you feel useless and impotent, remember what you are in fact doing in this very moment. And then observe your tiny, seemingly meaningless acts and choices coalesce and cascade together into a powerful positive whole.

The world -- if it could -- will thank you for it.

And if it does not... well, a true heroine or hero does not require it.

Everyone has at least one talent. It's just that some talents are pointless.

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.