I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
For me, Bach is like Shakespeare. He has known all and felt all. He is everything.
Every wrong seems possible today, and is accepted. I don't accept it.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.