Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

They safely cured the world of sadness, wiser the Pfizer for it?

It seemed like an original act, the very kindest act of being human, that he listened.

There is nothing unpremeditated, nothing neglected by God. His unsleeping eye beholds all things.

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

Walk in this faithless grass with studious tread, Lest mice, weasels, germane beasts, too soon The tall hat and eyes, the fierce feet, for dead Descry, and fix you prone in their revelling moon.

I started to do everything I could to succeed, but found that the more successful I became, the less people liked me.

People who solve problems are happier.

Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say something good or keep quiet.

Spend at least as much time researching a stock as you would choosing a refrigerator.