If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be.

A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing.

Win for yourself that which your fathers have won.

What a torment it is to see so much loveliness passing and repassing before us, and yet not dare to lay hold of it!

Then to the depths! - I could as well say height: It's all the same.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.