"Life without music would be a mistake."

- Friedrich Nietzsche 

"By God, don't linger in any spiritual benefit you have gained, but yearn for more- like someone whose thirst for water is never quenched."

- Rumi

"Joy is hidden beneath sorrow."

- Rumi 

"If anybody goes traveling without a guide, every two days' journey becomes a journey of a hundred years."

- Rumi 

"At times I would say I had self-control. At times I felt like a prisoner of myself. All that's passed. I'm no longer captivated by myself. The lesson I took from all this: not to be taken by myself."

- Rumi

"What is a rebel? Someone who says no"

- Albert Camus 

"First thing in the morning, we should go over in advance what we have to do during the day, and decide on the ideas that will guide us."

- Epictetus 

"Books are training weights for the mind."

- Epictetus 

"Yes, keep on degrading yourself, soul. But soon your chance at dignity will be gone. Everyone gets one life. Yours is almost used up, and instead of treating yourself with respect, you have entrusted your own happiness to the souls of others."

- Marcus Aurelius 

"Look into their minds, at what the wise do and what they don't"

- Marcus Aurelius