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

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

Music must serve a purpose; it must be a part of something larger than itself, a part of humanity.

If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.

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

Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.

To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.