A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.