I see in Nature a magnificent structure... that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility.

I hate all the loathsome nonsense that goes with patriotism.

We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled.

Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.