There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.

I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

According to metaphysics, fear is caused by the lack of light.

When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For he did not see in the wrongdoer what the others saw. To distinguish between right and wrong is not the work of an ordinary mind, and the curious thing is that the more ignorant a person is, the more ready he is to do so.

People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.