Never miss an opportunity to teach; when you teach others, you teach yourself.

One of the most important elements in teaching, conducting, and performing, all three, is listening.

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

Another thing that I don't like to do is show too much how it goes. I do it once in a blue moon. Sometimes there are lessons when I don't pick up a violin at all.

The most important thing to do is really listen.

Ask many of us who are disabled what we would like in life and you would be surprised how few would say, 'Not to be disabled.' We accept our limitations.

I always consider myself lucky that I can actually cry listening to some music.

Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite, it's not as meaningful.

When you play a concerto with a small orchestra, you don't feel it is as important as Carnegie Hall. You try to work out all the little problems. Once that's all done, trust comes in.

For every child prodigy that you know about, at least 50 potential ones have burned out before you even heard about them.

Murder is like potato chips: you can't stop with just one.

Life is made up of dots

Philosophy is so interesting that it makes you feel boring.

To seek God’s kingdom is to discover its essence and totality

Arafat's whole life has been governed by struggle and a cause. Everything he has done as leader of the Palestinians is to always leave his options open, never close a door.

And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

Shame is the shadow of love.

A mind at peace does not engender wars.

A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair; Honesty shines with great advantage there.