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.

Holy persons draw to themselves all that is earthly.

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

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

God has arranged everything in the universe in consideration of everything else.

All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.

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.