The science is in knowing; the art in perceiving.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

Quiet is the absence of sound. Silence is the presence of silence.

If the audience doesn't hear what is going on, is it going on?

Usually people think that it is the musicians who create the music, but in fact it is music who creates the musicians.

What has changed in 40 years? It’s very simple: 40 years ago there was a market economy. Today there is a market society – today everything, including ethics, has a price.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Understanding is simple. Knowing is complicated.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

Music so wishes to be heard that it sometimes calls on unlikely characters to give it voice.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

Sometimes you have to learn to love what's good for you.

Can still windmills, still produce wind? Can a heart still love, when a heart no longer is?

You are a valuable instrument in the orchestration of your own world, and the overall harmony of the universe.

I am what I am and the world only makes me better!

People—especially men—don't always know what they want. You try, and if it doesn't work, then you may qui

This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all.

Wasn't it? Is loyalty still a commendable quality when it is misdirected?

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.

it is the very nature of sin to prevent man from meditating on spiritual things.

And I identify too closely with my reading, with my writing.