Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

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

The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

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

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

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

I used to think that eighty was a very old age. Now I am ninety. I do not think this any more. As long as you are able to admire and to love, you are young.

The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for age.

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

Every problem is a new puzzle to solve

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.

Carpe per diem - seize the check.

Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin.

This is the only advanced pose (Firefly Pose) I know that you can run away from the police in.

In the gospel of Jesus Christ, there is no place for ridicule, bullying, or bigotry.

The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.

It wasn't his, it wasn't my fault, we both had nothing except patience, but Death has none. I saw him come (how meanly!) and I watched him as he took and took: none of it I could claim as mine.

... you can't put out a light just because it may light the wrong person.