“A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.”

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.

To love beauty is to see light.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves — say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.