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.

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

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.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

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.

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

When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.