Music is the can-opener of the soul.

Human beings make a strange fauna and flora. From a distance they appear negligible; close up they are apt to appear ugly and malicious. More than anything they need to be surrounded with sufficient space―space even more than time.

Do not be duped by little duties. Do not be a chore man all your days.

Everything remains unsettled forever, depend on it

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

It is with the soul that we grasp the essence of another human being, not with the mind, nor even with the heart.

The history of the world is the history of the privileged few.