"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors."

“When you are mad at yourself, you are mad at everybody.”

“Hope is a renewable option: If you run out of it at the end of the day, you get to start over in the morning.”

“We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2006). “The True Darcy Spirit: A Novel”, p.292, Simon and Schuster

“power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.”

“Women's philanthropic leadership is fundamental to their advancement in society.”

“There is too much repression and suppression in schools.”

Source : Fanny Jackson Coppin (1987). “Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching”, Facsimiles-Garl

“Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.”

“When you realize yourself as completely empty and devoid of all form... this is wisdom, When you realize yourself as the fullness of love overflowing itself without object... this is bliss, And when you are aware of yourself incarnate in the appearance of form... this is leela.”