These visions which I saw were not in sleep nor in dreams, nor in my imagination nor by bodily eyes or outward ears nor in a hidden place; but in watching, aware with the pure eyes of the mind and inner ear of the heart.

Humanity finds itself in the midst of the world. In the midst of all other creatures humanity is the most significant and yet the most dependent upon the others.

When the words come, they are merely empty shells without the music. They live as they are sung, for the words are the body and the music the spirit.

A person who lacks the verdancy of justice is dry, totally without tender goodness, totally without illuminating virtue.

It is easier to gaze into the sun, than into the face of the mystery of God. Such is its beauty and its radiance.

Sometimes when we hear a song we breathe deeply and sigh. This reminds the prophet that the soul arises from heavenly harmony. In thinking about this, he was aware that the soul itself has something in itself of this music.

Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.