Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Yehudi Menuhin

Quote by Yehudi Menuhin

“Peace may sound simple - one beautiful word - but it requires everything we have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal.”

Quote by Yehudi Menuhin

Author

Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin was an exceptional violinist born on April 22, 1916, and passed away on March 12, 1999. He demonstrated extraordinary musical talent from a young age and gained worldwide recognition. Menuhin, known for his unique playing style and profound understanding of music, had a career spanning half a century, profoundly influencing musicians and audiences alike. more

You May Also Like

“In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens - when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men's hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.”

“Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations”

“How small a portion of our life it is that we really enjoy! In youth we are looking forward to things that are to come; in old age we are looking backward to things that are gone past; in manhood, although we appear indeed to be more occupied in things that are present, yet even that is too often absorbed in vague determinations to be vastly happy on some future day when we have time.”

“The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”