Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.

The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.

I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.

Practice in tranquility.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

What I truly desire to do, I shall dare attempt.

Awareness creates another world - an already existing world where you were not aware of its existence! It is an operation of ‘mature cataract’ surgery!

When a proud man hears another praised he feels himself injured.

The first priority of any serious program against poverty is to strengthen the male role in poor families.

Love is the root of creation; God's essence; worlds without number Lie in his bosom like children; he made them for this purpose only. Only to love and to be loved again.

Think of how much furniture you need. What's the best way to have it be functional in a great way? If it's in groups, define it.

Michael O'Donoghue was a very close friend of mine - very encouraging with my stuff, and really a great guy - but he was a no-kidding difficult person.

Our deepest joy comes from Christ: remaining with him, walking with him, being his disciples.

One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

A plan is always successful if the plan is good.