The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the Gypsies.

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.

And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky.

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.

Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name.

Action that comes from the feeling of inspiration is action that will produce good results, for you are allowing the Laws of Attraction of the Universe to carry you.

Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music

I would apply international law and I think we need to be a force for international law.

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

How awful for them [Hitler's victims] to see those swastikas, the SS men and the SA - people we'd never thought of as criminals.

Talent is a burden not a joy. I am not of this planet. I do not come from you. I am not like you.

Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with.