Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions, which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty, are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

It was going to be our job to annoy someone?” “I know—it’s a dream come true!

I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

That was a matter suspended between heaven and earth, awaiting the hand of destiny.

As a success-minded person, you should always be looking to not only do your job but do it with excellence and go the extra mile.

Life has placed seeds of greatness in you. Let what you are capable of blossom.

I always ask myself: "Did I get one percent better today?"

I think people should start to practice the words 'President Romney.'

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next.

Electronic music is innately tied to the technology used to create it - as the tools evolve, so will the art.

Music - so different from painting - is the art which we enjoy most in company with others. A symphony, presented in a room with one other listener, would please him but little.