We must all learn to live together as brothers. Or we will all perish together as foolsFor some strange reason I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.

The hope of the world is still in dedicated minorities. The trail-blazers in human, scientific and religious freedom have always been in a minority.

Courage faces fear and thereby masters it

Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.

The greatness of man cannot be seen in the hours of comfort and convenience, but rather in moments of conflict/adversity

Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Let us be practical and ask the question: How do we love our enemies?