Leonard Bernstein

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Music is the purest form of worship.

The human mind is a garden, and thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

The highest human act is to inspire.

Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

I'm not interested in music that's just pretty. I'm interested in music that's true.

The greatest music is always a synthesis of the popular and the profound.

The symphony is dead. Long live the symphony!

I don't understand why people are so afraid of emotion in music. It's what makes us human.

The artist's job is to disturb the peace.