Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people, if you don't serve the people.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

Attention is a moral act: It creates, brings aspects of things into being.