The main problem today is not the policies of this country and of that country. The main problem of today is there is not enough education. That there is not enough education for music, we know for a long time. But now there is not enough education about whom we are, about what is a human being and how is he to relate with others of the same kind. You know, our profession, the musical profession, is the only one that is not national. No German musician will tell you, I am a German musician and I will only play Brahms, Schumann and Beethoven. Nationalism, in a very narrow sense, is something that is very dangerous, and can only be fought with a real great accent on the education of the new generation. And the fanaticism that exists in the world with religious backgrounds can also only be fought with education. Religious fanaticism cannot be fought with arms alone. The real evils of the world can only be fought with a humanism that keeps us all together. And I'm now going to show you that I really mean it.

今天的主要問題，並不在於這個國家或那個國家的政策，今天真正的主要問題是教育不夠。我們早就知道，音樂教育不夠。但現在的問題是，關於「我們是誰」、「什麼是人」，以及「人該如何與同類相處」，這方面的教育也不夠。你們知道，我們這個行業，音樂這個專業，是唯一沒有國籍之分的行業。不會有德國音樂家告訴你，我是德國音樂家，我只演奏布拉姆斯、舒曼和貝多芬。狹隘意義上的民族主義，是非常危險的東西，而要對抗它，唯一的方法就是真正大力著重於新一代的教育。而世界上以宗教為背景的狂熱主義，同樣也只能靠教育來對抗。宗教狂熱，光靠武力是無法對抗的。世界上真正的邪惡，唯有靠一種能把我們所有人凝聚在一起的人文精神，才能對抗。現在，就讓我用行動，向你們證明我剛才所說的，都是真心的。