I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

Whatever I thought right, to others seemed wrong; what I held to be bad, others approved of.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

True drama can be conceived only as resulting from the collective impulse of all the arts to communicate in the most immediate way with a collective public... Thus especially the art of tone, developed with such singular diversity in instrumental music, will realize in the collective artwork its richest potential -- will indeed incite the pantomimic art of dancing in turn to wholly new discoveries and inspire the breath of poetry no less to an undreamed-of fullness. For in its isolation music has formed itself an organ capable of the most immeasurable expression - the orchestra.

Whether government finances its added spending by increasing taxes, by borrowing, or by inflating the currency, the added spending will be offset by reduced private spending. Furthermore, private spending is generally more efficient than the government spending that would replace it because people act more carefully when they spend their own money than when they spend other people's money.