Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

When religion becomes artificial, art has a duty to rescue it. Art can show that the symbols which religions would have us believe literally true are actually figurative. Art can idealize those symbols, and so reveal the profound truths they contain.