Quotes from Shinichi Suzuki

Man is a child of his environment

Music is the language of the heart without words.

Perhaps it is music that will save the world.

Patience is the absence of expectation.

Wrong education and upbringing produces ugly personalities, whereas a fine upbringing and good education will bring forth superior sense and feeling, as well as nobility and purity of mind.

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it.

Art expresses man.

Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.

Every child grows; everything depends on the teacher.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Tone has the living soul.

An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together.

Where love is deep, much can be accomplished.

Art Exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Every child grows everything depends on the teacher.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

To make a resolution and act accordingly is to live with hope. There may be difficulties and hardships, but not disappointment or despair if you follow the path steadily. Do not hurry. This is a fundamental rule. If you hurry and collapse or tumble down, nothing is achieved. DO not rest in your efforts; this is another fundamental rule. Without stopping, without haste, carefully taking a step at a time forward will surely get you there.

Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline and endurance. They get a beautiful heart.

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.

Beautiful tone, beautiful heart.

Perhaps it is music that will save the world.