My life is music, and music is my life.
我的人生就是音乐，音乐就是我的人生。
All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.
我们今天所做的每一个决定都在塑造我们为明天留下的遗产。
我们是一个更大的生命共同体的一部分。
真相并不总是美丽的，美丽的话语也不总是真相。
Sometimes, the things we can't change end up changing us.
——《大总统复参议会论国旗函》，1912年2月3日
Law is nothing else than an ordinance of reason for the common good， made by him who has care of the community.