In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.

Say things to the world that are true.

Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood.

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

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

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!

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.