Where there is age there is evolution, where there is life there is growth.
People are always setting conditions for happiness. . . I love life without condition.
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good. . . Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings
Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.
Prayer is a sign of repentance, a desire to become better, purer.
If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
The man of humanity delights in mountains
Societies don't become less self-indulgent; people do.