What I have in my heart and soul must find a way out. That's the reason for music.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Knowing it is less than loving it; loving it is less than delighting in it.

-- Confucius

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

-- Bertrand Russell

If you just work on stuff that you like and you're passionate about, you don't have to have a master plan with how things will play out.

-- Mark Zuckerberg

Let's make ever-better cars.

-- Akio Toyoda

I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.

-- Estée Lauder

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

-- Ray Kroc