As a child who grew up in the Lutheran church, the benediction has always stuck with me. Based on Philippians 4:7, it ends with “…And the peace of God, which surpasses all…
“Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom… Poetry is sane because it…