I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church; and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use--silence, exile, and cunning.
I am an artist! I am Schubert, whom the whole world knows and talks about! Who has written great things and beautiful things that you don't begin to understand! I am Schubert! And don't you forget it! And if people talk about art, they mean me, not you worms and insects...crawling, nibbling worms who should be crushed under my foot--the foot of a man who is reaching for the stars!
Where words fail, music speaks.
Difference of opinion leads to inquiry, and inquiry to truth; and that, I am sure, is the ultimate and sincere object of us both.
I have no liking for those whose life is not in unison with their works.
To cease from evil; to cultivate good;
to cleanse our own thoughts; to help others;
this is the teaching of the Buddha.
Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid ot the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.