Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much less care; but try to obtain what you need, and make the best of every moment of your life.

Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless.

Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in which one was born.

What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.

A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.

Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point we desire, in allowing it to be active as far as we wish, in using it to fulfill our purpose, in causing it to be still when we want to still it. He who has come to this has created his heaven within himself; he has no need to wait for a heaven in the hereafter, for he has produced it within his own mind now.