The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part of the inner beauty of the universe waiting to be revealed.

I don't try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it.

Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause mankind! It is the source of wars and every kind of oppression, which fill the earth with pain, sighs and bitterness.

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.

We cannot despair about mankind knowing that Mozart was a man.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.