One loves ultimately one's desires, not the thing desired.

Man wishes woman to be peaceable, but in fact she is essentially warlike, like the cat.

A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away by all the centuries, although it serves as food for every epoch.

Physician, help yourself: thus help your patient too. Let this be his best help: that he may behold with his eyes the man who heals himself.

Without music, life would be a mistake... I would only believe in a God who knew how to dance.

The 'kingdom of Heaven' is a condition of the heart - not something that comes 'upon the earth' or 'after death.'

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.