When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.
A German immersed in any civilization different from his own loses a weight equivalent in volume to the amount of intelligence he displaces.
To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.
All true tradition usually appears revolutionary.