In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

Have you known what it is to give your meal to another and to go without yourself? It gives a happiness that no dinner eaten by yourself can give. Have you known what it is to give your coat to another and do without it yourself? It gives a joy that the satisfaction of your own wants cannot give you.

The body with its perfect mechanism loses power, magnetism, beauty, and brightness, when the soul departs from the body. This shows that the power, magnetism, beauty, and brightness belong to the soul.

The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.

If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

There is no difference in the destination, the only difference is in the journey.