The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
Interpretation
One must act with intention and clarity to achieve their goals.
This quote by Pablo Casals emphasizes the importance of living with purpose and intentionality. It suggests that before taking any actions in life, individuals should define their goals clearly and pursue them with dedication and commitment. By doing so, people can navigate their lives more effectively and meaningfully, making sure every step they take aligns with their aspirations.
In practice
During a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness... I see what people call God in all these things.
The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him.
I am an old man but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.
To the whole world you might be just one person, but to one person you might just be the whole world.
The object of living is work, experience, happiness.
If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up.
An aim in life is the only fortune worth the finding; and it is not to be found in foreign lands, but in the heart itself.
I'm just doing the best I can now to keep this going... trying to grow up and remain young at the same time.
I suppose like others I have come through fire and sword, love gone wrong, head-on crashes, drunk at sea, and I have listened to the simple sound of water running in tubs and wished to drown
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched.
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