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.
Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.
Cautioning against failing to seize or capitalize on opportunities that come one's way, as the passage of time may render those chances inaccessible or lost forever, underscoring the importance of seizing opportunities in a timely manner.
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.
Truth is a great flirt.
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.