I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where I could go whenever I wished the ablution and inundation of musical waves, that were a bath and a medicine.

It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement

No one suspects the days to be gods.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyone… Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain.

A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages

People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.