Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.

Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.

If you sound great in the practice room, you’re practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Years teach us more than books.

In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.