"[Eva Braun] always called him der Führer to us. It was ridiculous, but she never changed that."

“Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".”

“We are reduced to asking others what we are. We never dare to ask ourselves.”

“When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.”

“How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.”

“The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest.”

“Yeah, a lot of people ask me to take my shirt off, which is aggressive. I wish that I were just one of those guys who was just like, 'You know, look, when I was seven I had a six-pack, and it just never went away.”

Source : "Talking Schmidt: Why We're Rooting for New Girl's Max Greenfield at the Emmy's". Interview with Bruce Handy an Juli Weiner, www.vanityfair.com. September 20, 2012.

“My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound.”

Source : "Alan Hovhaness Biographical Summary" by Marco Shirodkar, www.hovhaness.com.

“God pursues me, he sacrificed for me, and he calls me his beloved! And, not just me... all of us.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com