Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.

Imagination is the mightiest despot.

We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.

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

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.

It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.

When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.