The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do.

Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles.

What is the freedom of the most free? To do what is right!

People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.

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.

If everyone sweeps before his own front door, then the street is clean.