Frederic Chopin

"To study music, we must learn the language that all men understand."

"The greatest gift is the power to understand without words."

"What science can there be more noble than that of improving the human mind and soul?"

"Memory is a painter; it paints pictures of the past on the canvas of the present."

"The price of talent is responsibility."

"Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad."

"To know oneself is the beginning of wisdom."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas."

"Ambition is the path to success; persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."

"The beautiful are never desolate."

"In struggle lies the joy of victory."

"Freedom is the condition of human dignity."

"Truth needs no ornament; it stands alone."

"Power concedes nothing without demand."

"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge in art."

"The highest form of charity is bearing with the faults of others."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started on the art you love."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity."

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

"Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world."