Man is slow because he hesitates
I have never seen genius without a touch of madness... and vice versa.
There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.
Fire can destroy or purify, strengthen or weaken, all depending on the nature of the material being burned. Pain has the same effects on the human soul, and for the same reasons.
Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes.
I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.
Great language and great literature do not survive long without each other
Music makes absolutely no sense at all. Perhaps that is the point.
