Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being.

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

The soul is covered by a thousand veils.

For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.

What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.

Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy, always living a life of praise.