To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

Years teach us more than books.

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans

your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

M. de Charlus persisted in not replying. I thought I could see a smile flicker about his lips: the smile of the man who looks down from a great height on the characters and manners of lesser men.

Let me out Aphador.' Penteluck said smoothly.'So you can attempt to run away, I think not.

There's a great expression that says, "God is a jealous lover," and it's a very accurate expression that has nothing to do with whatever you see god or nature as.

You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give.

Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.

I never worked out for any kind of image.

A kind word is no substitute for a piece of herring or a bag of oats.

Trouble is a thing that will come without our call, but true joy will not spring up without ourselves.