The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Godhead more nearly than other mortals, and by means of that contact to spread the rays of the Godhead through the human race.

If I contemplate myself as part of the Universe: what am I?

What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven!

Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.