Peace above all things is to be desired but blood must sometimes be spilled to obtain it on equable and lasting terms.

The soldier above all others prays for peace for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself in acts of bravery and heroism.

The ground we walk on the plants and creatures the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy bound together by cosmic harmony.

I start really missing London when I go away. I have a little flat but very central. I live above a pub and you'd think it'd be a nightmare but I like hearing the music and it's quite comforting.

The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean and the instruments are little or bigger islands very beautiful for the flowers and trees.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning and earlier than you did today and do the best that you can. Always stay near me for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.