But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.

Metaphysics is a science.

Music at times is more like perfume than mathematics.

The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

I not only have a body; I am this body.

I almost think that hope is for the soul what breathing is for the living organism. Where hope is lacking the soul dries up and withers.

... freedom is a conquest, always partial, always precarious, always challenged. ... the freest person is the one with the most hope.