We are constantly invited to be who we are.

Every man is tasked to make his life, even in its details, worthy of the contemplation of his most elevated and critical hour.

For things to change, we must change.

The Man of Genius may at the same time be, indeed is commonly, an Artist, but the two are not to be confounded. The Man of Genius,referred to mankind, is an originator, an inspired or demonic man, who produces a perfect work in obedience to laws yet unexplored. The artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected. There has been no man of pure Genius, as there has been none wholly destitute of Genius.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.

My friend is one... who take me for what I am.