He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.

For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.

The voice is not only indicative of man's character, but it is the expression of his spirit. Other sounds can be louder than the voice, but no sound can be more living.

Humanity, divine limitation; Divinity, human perfection.

Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished himself to half of what he is; and what is said further, diminishes him totally; nothing more of him is left afterwards.

In this world of illusion, where at the end of the examination, we find everything to be of little importance, of little worth, if there is a sign of reality, of something one can depend upon, and in which one can recognize a sign of eternity, it is in the constancy of friendship.

Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless.