Do not grieve over any joy that has gone forever, for it will return to you in another form, know that for sure.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.

Whenever you are alone, remind yourself that God has sent everyone else away so that there is only you and Him.

Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."

An introspective man who doesn’t keep a diary consigns himself to a special hell

If one could amputate part of one's consciousness...

Behaviours and feelings rarely line up.

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

Blue to get ready Green to go Yellow to guide you through the snow Orange to warn you that over you’ll go Then red will be the final glow Now seek the black, there’s no going back.

What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there. And I think if there's anything artistic, it's in that middle space.

I'm a misunderstood genius.

The world is what you believe it to be, and it changes as you change.

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.

It doesn't necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best.