“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.

He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.

At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

Love is a serious mental disease.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Excellence is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.

Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?

Nothing beautiful without struggle.

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

All learning has an emotional base.

Character is simply habit long continued.

People who soar, are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change

They say it’s just a calendar. But we all know something changes.

Encouragement is awesome. Think about it. It has the capacity to lift a man’s or a woman’s shoulders. To breathe fresh air into the fading embers of a smoldering dream. To actually change the course of another human being’s day, week, or life.

Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges.

People change and even products change. But over the course of time it’s the strength of a company’s philosophy that will determine whether or not it endures.

Life has changed both on and off the court after the Rio Olympics medal. I have a lot of confidence on the court now and feel anything is possible. I also feel that I have improved my game. Off the court, I do get recognised more now.

The difference between where we are and where we want to be is created by the changes we are willing to make in our lives. When you want something you’ve never had, you must do something you’ve never done to get it.

The world has changed and it’s going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.