The word stands for the body, but the symphony stands for the spirit.

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

O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.

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.

All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.

We shall awaken from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.

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