Henri Bergson

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

I think that the power of the Silent Minute lies in its inherent lack of external direction: what participants actually do during that minute - prayer, contemplation, focus - is up to them.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.