Charity brings to life again those who are spiritually dead.
The situation is hopeless, we must take the next step.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border? There is a brotherhood among all men. This must be recognized if life is to remain. We must learn the love of man.
There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.
The art of interpretation is not to play what is written.
I see in the melody of Nature, God. It is a wonderful work of art. The spirit of the art is wonderful. And I feel that I am myself because I have never taken music lightly. Music is the manifestation of God, like everything else.
When you play Bach like Chopin, and Chopin like Bach, something good happens.
In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else.
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
I am a Christian…so that I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’ — though it contains (and in a legend may contain more clearly and movingly) some samples or glimpses of final victory.
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.