If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?

The highest goal of music is to connect one's soul to their Divine Nature, not entertainment

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.

Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.

Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.

In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

A sincere praise to God makes soul prospers.

The wind plays its own music.

Only after disaster can we be resurrected.

If I had but two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.

There is worth everywhere and in everything we see.

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

The euro area must not be treated as an "opt out" from the European Union.

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit of beings. So, you can't say, "Oh, you can't have it because you're not ready for it." That goes against the fundamental principle.