I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.

Wishes are premonitions of abilities.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of retribution.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.