But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

I had hoped you would protest, but please don't argue.

[To the audience at her farewell concert:] You have always given me more than I gave to you ... You were the wings on which I soared.

Do not become paralyzed and enchained by the set patterns which have been woven of old. No, build from your own youthful feeling, your own groping thought and your own flowering perception.

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.Lotte Lehmann

Possibility is positive.

For my own part, I would rather excel in knowledge of the highest secrets of philosophy than in arms.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

Most of us spend so much time thinking about where we have been or where we are supposed to be going that we have a hard time recognizing where we actually are.

How poor a guide enthusiasm is when it is not informed with the mind and spirit of God.

Refuse to write your life and you have no life.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

It is in our power to stretch out our arms and, by doing good in our actions, to seize life and set it in our soul.

How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.

Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.