"To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Music is my religion"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane"

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk"

"There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth"