"It is difficult to live with people because it is so difficult to be silent. And not against him who is repugnant to us are we most unfair, but against him who is no concern of ours."

"Life without music would be a mistake."

"There are no facts, only interpretations."

"All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking."

"In truth, there was only one Christian, and he died on the cross."

"He who despises himself nevertheless esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"I you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down."

"Give away all you like, but keep your bills and your temper."

"The greatest motivational act one person can do for another is to listen."

"Don't be afraid to take one large step because you can't cross a chasm in two small leaps."

"Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken."

"I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms."