When, for instance, a highly esteemed professor in his seventies abandons his family and runs off with a young red-headed actress, we know that the gods have claimed another victim.

The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.

I just write mechanical things.

I think if you write music for soundtracks then sometimes you do something that you could never do if the film did not exist.

Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.

It is easy to take away the world that we think is so permanent and reliable.

Spiritually, I pray and meditate. Emotionally, I challenge myself to be open, honest, and available.

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.

I will not give or back off from my path.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.