If there is to be any peace it will come through being not having.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence it can only be attained through understanding.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique.

My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience their warmth their dedication.

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

Compared to America or Europe God isn't a big part of our lives here. I don't know anyone here who goes to church when he's had a rough divorce or is going through depression. We go out into nature instead.

The artist is the confidant of nature flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.

It's not in our nature. Americans have never been a people that drive through a nice neighborhood and say 'Oh I hate the people who live in these nice houses.'