The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.

Don't dissipate your powers; strive to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but it will surely repent of every ill-judged outlay.