The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.

Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.

Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.

This world could not exist if it were not so simple. The ground has been tilled a thousand years, yet its powers remain ever the same; a little rain, a little sun, and each spring it grows green again.

Oh happy he who still can hope in our day to breathe the truth while plunged in seas of error! What we don't know is really what we need, and what we know is of no use to us whatever!

When you are in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude. We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

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