I do not think a day passes in my life in which I fail to look with fresh amazement at the miracle of nature.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.

The most important thing in music is what is not in the notes.

How could anybody think of Bach as 'cold' when these [cello] suites seem to shine with the most glittering kind of poetry," Casals said. "As I got on with the study I discovered a new world of space and beauty... the feelings I experienced were among the purest and most intense in my artistic life!