Don’t be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

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

Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?

Don't play the notes. Play the meaning of the notes.

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

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.

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