Nun aber ist es Zeit fortzugehen, für mich um zu sterben, für euch um zu leben: Wer aber von uns dem besseren Los entgegengeht, das ist allen verborgen, außer Gott.
Literatur ist meine Traumwelt. Hier werde ich nicht entmutigt. Keine Grenze meiner Sinne kann mich ausschließen aus dem süßen Diskurs meiner Bücher-Freunde. Sie reden mit mir - ohne Betretenheit und Peinlichkeit.
Ich bin nur einer. Ich kann nicht alles schaffen, aber ich kann etwas schaffen; und weil ich nicht alles schaffen kann, werde ich schaffen was ich kann.
Edward Everett Hale - Jeanie Ashley Bates Greenough, "A Year of Beautiful Thoughts" (1902)
Die Presse mochte uns anfangs nicht, weil sie uns nicht einschätzen konnten.
Wenn ich sterbe möchte ich als Musiker mit Wert und Substanz in Erinnerung bleiben.
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.
The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Das Hauptproblem der Kommunikation ist die Illusion, dass sie stattgefunden hat.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Wenn wir unsere Dankbarkeit ausdrücken, dürfen wir nie vergessen, dass die höchste Anerkennung nicht darin besteht, Worte zu stammeln, sondern auch zu ihnen zu stehen.
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
Seven times I have despised my soul:
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbode for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.
More law, less justice.
Kleine Geister sorgen sich um das Ungewöhnliche, große Geister um das Gewöhnliche.
Ein Held ist jemand, der sein Leben einer Sache widmet, die größer ist als er selbst.
Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.
Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
Setze dich deiner tiefsten Angst aus; danach hat die Angst keine Macht mehr und die Angst vor der Freiheit verschwindet. Du bist frei.
Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.
The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Wer rot wird ist schuldig; wahre Unschuld schämt sich vor nichts.
There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
Wir haben genauso wenig das Recht Glück zu verbrauchen ohne es herzustellen, wie Reichtum.
Die dunkelsten Orte der Hölle sind für diejenigen reserviert, die in Zeiten moralischer Krisen neutral bleiben.