To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.

In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake.

Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!

Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, lives after the body has been turned to dust. It rises up through the clear, pure air beyond the glittering stars.

Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

Where words fail, music speaks.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.