The gratification of desire is not happiness.

Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.

Embrace your dreams and advance as far as they can take you.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

Music speaks directly to the heart. This response, this echo within the heart, is proof that human hearts can transcend the barriers of time and space and nationality. Exchanges in the field of culture can play an important role in enabling people to overcome mistrust and prejudice and build peace.

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths

A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.