“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.”

“Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.”

“I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.”

“The family only represents one aspect, however important an aspect, of a human being's functions and activities. A life is beautiful and ideal or the reverse, only when we have taken into our consi...”

“The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside th...”

“However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.”

“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are endeavoring to make reputations among the churches by delive...”

“Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.”

“Live your life in such a way that when a video coverage is taken of you either in light or in the darkness, it can receive an applause when it is shown in your chapel for everyone to view!”