The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency---half tiger,half poet.

In all teaching there must be a fusion of authority as an adult providing a stable framework for the children in one's care, and humility as another human being ready to educate an equal who may turn out to be a superior.

Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.

Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits.

A society without its dreamers can never be free.

Everyone should in some way be creative, irrespective of the quality of that which he creates.

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but also a reminder of human excellence.