I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
我不觉得有义务相信,那位赋予我们感官、理性和智力的上帝,会希望我们放弃使用它们。
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
Opera is a way of living life. It is not something apart.
The human condition is one of constant struggle, but it is also one of endless possibility.