Robert Browning

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure

Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose

To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and, baffled, get up and begin again

Ignorance is not innocence but sin

There, that is our secret: go to sleep! You will wake, and remember, and understand

There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing

One may do whatever one likes in art: the only thing is to make sure that one does not like it

When music technology takes the place of musicianship, it's time to pull the plug

Who hears music, feels his solitude peopled at once

Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are