Everything lives and lasts by the inner necessity of its being, by its own nature's need.

I write music with an exclamation point!

I can't distract myself enough here, for sketches to a new opera are constantly buzzing around in my head, to the extent that I need all my strength to wrest myself from them.

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

Imagination creates reality.

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

Wherever the fish are, that's where we go.

I wish I could score everything for horns.

Grief is a species of idleness.

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

You don’t need directions, just point yourself to the top and go!

Male supremacy has kept woman down. It has not knocked her out.