“The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it.”

“Inside ourselves there lies the root of good:
the heart outweighs all talents on this earth.”

“All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.”

“All... good and useful properties of character have a price in exchange for others which have just as much use. Talent has a market price, since the sovereign or estate-owner can use a talented person in all sorts of ways. Temperament has a fancy price,22 since one can converse well with such a person; he is a pleasant companion. But, character has an inner value[,] and it is above all price.”

“Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. All music is good. It fulfills a social function. It's like wallpaper to your lifestyle. It defines what you are.”

“Feeling insecure is good for you. It forces you to do something better, drives you to use all your talents.”

“He is a driver with talent, ability and maturity, he manages to finish all his races. My record is going to be in good hands.”

“Want the best. The highest happiness, the greatest freedom. Desirelessness is the highest bliss. (…) Only God’s energy is infinite – because he wants nothing for Himself. Be like Him and all your desires will be fulfilled. The higher your aims and vaster desires, the more energy you will have for their fulfillment. Desire the good of all and the universe will work for you. But if you want your own pleasure, you must earn it the hard way. (…).”

“Precocious talents mature slowly if at all.”

“All living things sustain each other. All living things depend upon death not as an end, an absolute completion, but as a beginning of a new rhythm, a way of fulfillment in passing on the restless force of life.”