The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.
The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
To live is not enough; we must take part.
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.