The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.

The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.

A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.

Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art like unto wind!

Mozart is a human incarnation of the divine force of creation.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.