Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement ... as if they were lost and desperate.

We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.

Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

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 earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.