Life Quotes

"If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck."

"The greatest activity of which man is capable: Opening up yet another fragment of the frontier of beauty."

"Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company."

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."

"Don’t dream of being a good person, being a human being is valuable and gives value to life."

"Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing."

"One lives one's life under constant tension, until it's time to go for good."

"Even if you have to go through hell – go without hesitation."

"I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music."

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received... ...