The end of all good music is to affect the soul.

Text first, rhythm second, melody third.

The goods of this world are most dear to me, but much dearer are peace of mind and my own honor.

The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.

The modern composer builds his works on the basis of truth.

Jane stood beside silver platters of cucumber sandwiches and smoked salmon sandwiches and savory-sweet ham sandwiches and open-faced sandwiches with thickly spread butter and fresh mint.

Better to be dirty than dead.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence over us. The same wind that carries one vessel into port may blow another off shore.

Ours is the job of interpreting the Constitution. And that document isn't some inkblot on which litigants may project their hopes and dreams.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Painting self-portraits without clothes on has also given me some publicity.

That's all the difficulty and the challenge and the battle: to look through this mechanical thing, these bits of glass and metal, at someone. And not lose the sense that this shape is a human being.

He leaned down and whispered to me: No matter how thin you get, no matter how short you cut your hair, it's still going to be you underneath. And he let go of my arm and walked back down the hall.

We should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion.

The Preacher, the Politicain, the Teacher, Were each of them once a kiddie. A child, indeed, is a wonderful creature. Do I want one? God Forbiddie!