Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

You must have a reason to be in the places to which you go, and you must do only things that you really care about.

I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.

One of the marks of a great teacher lies not only in an ability to impart knowledge but also in knowing when to encourage a student to go off on his own.

I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.

When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators.