Music should be healing, music should uplift the soul, music should inspire; then there is no better way of getting closer to God, of rising higher towards the spirit, of attaining spiritual perfection, only if it is rightly understood.

The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.

Everyone has his own imagination of God. It is best if everyone is left to his own imagination.

If there is such a thing as saintly renunciation, it is renouncing small gains for better gains; not for no gains, but seeing with open eyes what is better and what is inferior. Even if the choice has to lie between two momentary gains, one of these would always be found to be more real and lasting; that is the one that should be followed for the time.

We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.

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

Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous.