Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution

Don't stumble over something behind you.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.

It's all in your headJ you have the power to make things seem hard or easy or even amusing. The choice is yours.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.

For seventy years we have been brushing our teeth and yet they have not become clean, so is that thing for real or is it a falsity?

World full of love, will spark the force of divine powers.

Gossip was usually a mindless distraction from a far too serious world.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving.

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

THE old man died beneath the wheels of the twentieth century. There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh . . . And the same thing is happening to my generation.

The first is the law, the last prerogative.

To sanctify God is to reverence Him in our hearts, and to represent Him in the glory of His holiness before men.

With death comes honesty.

I like the idea of the objecthood of music being destabilized by process and things like improvisation. That's what empowers us; that's how we make each day new as players, as people.