Music is an outburst of the soul.

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating.

If a man tells me he likes Mozart, I know in advance that he is a bad musician.

To all that he touched he gave a new meaning, a new color, a new outline, a new loveliness, and a new poignancy.

You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick in here and a stick in there.

anytime you speak to anybody, remember somebody

It was your personality that consumed me. You became my favorite. My favorite of them all…

She was always the first to love, first to encourage, first to forgive...for everyone but herself.

Who ever walked behind anyone to freedom?

The world is changing so fast that the future goes past soon as the present.

I lead a very boring life.

Dear friends, whenever you want to understand a text of Scripture, try to read the original

Most poets, like most people, try hard to be like someone they admire or they are possessed with an image of what they ought to be.

The best we can do is lean towards the light.

I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting.