"Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." ― Ludwig van Beethoven Topic(s): Government More From Ludwig van Beethoven "Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman." "Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken." "Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup." More In Government "The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought."― Nick Price "If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government."― Aung San Suu Kyi "In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents."― Walter Lippmann