Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

Reality is a changeless concept that only perception can mask.

People who are not on Facebook are face to face.

His plan in your life means his work in your hands, and you can be sure it is work he has chosen and gifted you to do.

Most Americans probably aren't aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed.

I think you have to be grateful to those who have helped you.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

I beat myself up in the studio because I know that a lot of people are expecting me to fail.

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.

... it has always been the depth of my belief, my faith, or my love that was the mainspring of my behavior. When once I believed in doing a thing, nothing could prevent my doing it.

I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill.