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

Years teach us more than books.

We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.

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

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

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.

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