Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.
It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce
Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.
Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.
I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.
We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.