“When the foot of the’ mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.”

When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

Imagination is the mightiest despot.

I have been young and am now old, and have not yet known an untruthful man to come to a good end.

The silver-leaved birch retains in its old age a soft bark; there are some such men.

Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.

With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.

The world is the same everywhere.

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

We consider it tedious to talk of the weather, and yet there is nothing more important.

Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.

What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.

Years teach us more than books.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.

If you sound great in the practice room, you’re practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.

Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

Picked up the guitar, and within seconds everyone was on their feet. I’ll never forget this moment.

Anyone who abandons you is for teaching you how to stand up on your own two feet.

A woman came from a man’s rib Not from his feet to be below him Not from his head to be above him But from his side to be equal to him From his heart to be loved by him.

Learn to love the sound of your feet walking away from people not meant for you.

Then the light came and swept me off my feet.

Dontopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it, which I’ve practised for many years.