Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.

Quote by Franz Schubert

Topics: Franz Schubert Quotes

Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by...

Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by...

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again,...

Every night when I go to bed, I hope that I may never wake again,...

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a...

If only your pure and clean mind could touch me, dear Haydn, nobody has a...

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his...

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his...

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as...

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as...

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who...

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who...

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock...

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock...

The moment is supreme.

The moment is supreme.

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all...

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all...

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never...

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never...

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other...

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other...

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are...

The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are...

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine...

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine...

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been...

You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been...

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach...

No one feels another's grief, no one understands another's joy. People imagine they can reach...

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

Approval or blame will follow in the world to come.

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished...

When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished...