Ludwig van Beethoven

"Oh, that my name were etched in the hearts of men!"

"Every adversity conceals an opportunity."

"The heart speaks all languages."

"Isolation from the world is my only escape."

"The true artist is not bound by the rules of his craft."

"Hope is the companion of the brave."

"Music is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks and invents."

"The miracle is not that I finish, but that I begin each day with hope."

"Silence is not absence; it is presence waiting to be understood."

"My deafness taught me to listen to the universe instead of the world."

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable."

"Art demands of us that we touch the infinite and display it to the finite."

"Fate knocks at the door, but I choose how I answer."

"The barriers in our minds are often the only barriers."

"I am not really fond of talking about my works; let them speak for themselves."

"When I open my eyes, I see the world. When I close them, I see the truth."

"There is nothing more important than a human being in the state of becoming."

"Affliction is the necessary element of creation."

"The only true wisdom is in admitting how little we truly know."

"Hatred is like a poison that destroys the vessel that holds it."

"Freedom is not the absence of restraint, but the presence of choice."

"In my life, I have found that suffering has been the greatest teacher."

"Those who understand me through my art alone do not know me at all."

"Beauty is the essence of things seen when the eye is unclouded."

"Power is the ability to move others without moving yourself."

"I write for immortality; money is merely the medium."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom, not its opposite."

"Kindness is the music that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"A single day is enough to show a man that he is nothing; a single moment is enough to show him that he is eternal."

"The path to greatness is paved with the acceptance of greatness in others."