1876-1973, Spanish Cellist, Conductor, Composer
Each person has inside a basic decency and goodness. If he listens to it and acts on it, he is giving a great deal of what it is the world needs most. It is not complicated but it takes courage. It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.
Pablo Casals – [Goodness]
I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.
Pablo Casals – [Compassion]
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
Pablo Casals – [Originality]
The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.
Pablo Casals – [Purpose]
To retire is to die.
Pablo Casals – [Retirement]
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree.
Pablo Casals – [Humankind]