Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken..

How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child? We can replace the narrativ….

It’s one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he’s leading to realize whatever he’s dreamin….

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance..

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it..

Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet..

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away..

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility..

Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'.

I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings..

how absurd human beings are and how magnificent..

I have a definition of success..

My job [is] to awaken possibility in other people. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If they're not shining you get to ask this qu….

Live the rest of your life in possibility.

Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story….

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!".

This is the moment — this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s not about impress….

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me..

It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit..

If you make a mistake, celebrate..