I shall seize fate by the throat.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

Wherever you are, I am there also.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you. Oh how harshly was I flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad hearing.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

My heart is full of many things there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all.