The musician of the present day, not being able to give us what is beautiful, torments himself to give us what is new.

An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

Nature does at least what she can to translate into visible form the wealth of the creative formula. By the vastness of the abysses into which she penetrates, in the effort--the unsuccessful effort--to house and contain the eternal thought, we may measure the greatness of the divine mind.

Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence.

There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health.