“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart..”

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

“In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.”

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

“Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It...”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”