The true definition of madness is repeating the same action, over and over, hoping for a different result.
I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. When visiting the U.S. from Germany for a winter academic stay.
It's not that I'm so smart.
Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.
In music I do not look for logic. I am quite intuitive on the whole and know no theories. I never like a work if I cannot intuitively grasp its inner unity (architecture).