"Man is a being in search of meaning."

"Time is the moving image of reality."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"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."

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."